31978R1176

No L 145/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 6 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1176/78 of 31 May 1978 fixing for the 1978 marketing year the reference prices for cherries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the COMMUNITIES, average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to Economic Community, the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization teristics, being a product or variety representing a of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last substantial proportion of the production marketed amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation representative market is being calculated, prices which (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the could be considered excessively high or excessively whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that the marketing year ; market are to be disregarded ; Whereas cherries are produced in such quantities in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the Community that reference prices should be fixed are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ for them ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Whereas cherries harvested during a given crop year are marketed from April to September ; whereas the quantities harvested in April, during the first 20 days HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of May and from 1 1 August to 30 September are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for Article 1 these periods ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period from 21 May up to and For the 1978 marketing year, the reference price for including 10 August ; cherries (subheading 08.07 C of the Common Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows : the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus an amount representing the — May (21 to 31 ) : costs of transporting Community products from the 59-34 — June : production areas to Community marketing centres ; 54-50 — July : whereas the trend of production costs in the fruit and 41-80 — August (1 to 10) : vegetable sector must also be taken into account ;

Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the Article 2 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ ence price fixed for each of these periods ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1978 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

O OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 144, 31 . .5 . 1978 , p . 5 .