31978R0823
26 . 4 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 114/5
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 823 / 78 of 25 April 1978 fixing the reference price for cucumbers for the month of May 1978
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN teristics, being a product or variety representing a COMMUNITIES , substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Economic Community, representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No market are to be disregarded ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in Whereas during the month of May Community particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, produced cucumbers are grown mainly under glass ; whereas the reference price for this month must there fore be fixed for a product of that type ; whereas Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation cucumbers imported from certain third countries will (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the have been grown in the open ; whereas, although such whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of cucumbers may be classed in Class I, their quality and the marketing year ; price are not comparable with those of products grown under glass ; whereas the price for cucumbers not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities a conversion factor ; in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, year are marketed from January to December ; whereas, for the present marketing year, the reference prices have already been fixed up to 30 April by Regu lation (EEC) No 244/78 of 6 February 1978 (3); whereas with the information currently available it is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : not possible to fix reference prices beyond the month of May ; whereas reference prices should therefore be fixed only for that month ; Article 1 Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are fixed on 1 . For the month of May 1978 , the reference price the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 P of the each Member State plus an amount representing the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of costs of transporting Community products from the account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of production areas to Community marketing centres ; Class I , of all sizes, shall be as follows : 41-83 . whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying in prices must also be taken into account ; 2. For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the prices for cucumbers not produced under glass, Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the imported from third countries, shall , after deduction average of the prices recorded on the representative of customs duties, be multiplied by a conversion factor of 1-30 . market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac Article 2 (') OJ No L 1 1 8 , 20 . 5 . 1 972, p. 1 . (>) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p . 1 . (}) OJ No L 37, 7. 2 . 1978 , p. 11 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
No L 114 / 6 26 . 4. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 25 April 1978 . For the Commission
Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President