31978R0824
26 . 4 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 114/7
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 824/ 78 of 25 April 1978 fixing the reference price for tomatoes 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 tomatoes are grown mainly under glass ; whereas the reference price for this month must there fore be fixed for a product of that type ; whereas toma Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation toes imported from certain third countries will have (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the been grown in the open ; whereas, although such whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of tomatoes 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 tomatoes not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by a Whereas tomatoes are produced in such quantities in conversion factor ; the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the Whereas tomatoes harvested during a given crop year time limit set by its chairman , are marketed from January to December ; whereas, for the present marketing year, the reference prices have already been fixed up to 30 April by Regulation (EEC) No 585/78 of 22 March 1 978 (3 ) ; whereas with the information currently available it is not possible to fix HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the Common each Member State plus an amount representing the Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 costs of transporting Community products from the kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all production areas to Community marketing centres ; sizes , shall be as follows : 77-53 . 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 tomatoes 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 1-75 . 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 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p . 1 . (>) OJ No L 79 , 23 . 3 . 1978 , p. 28 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
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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