31978R1177
1 . 6 . 78 No L 145/39 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1177 /78
of 31 May 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference prices for lemons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, for the 1978/79 marketing year, the finan COMMUNITIES, cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to Economic Community, that used for increases in the basic and buying-in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1978/79 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization marketing year should therefore be maintained at the of the market in fruit and vegetables ( !), as last level fixed for the 1977/78 marketing year. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed Article 1 for them ;
Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference prices marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1 Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of June to 31 May of the next year ; account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows : Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a refer 24-66 June : ence price fixed for each of these periods ; July : 27.33 August : 28-42 Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of 25-05 September : Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, refer October : 21-68 ence prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal November : 19.35 to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as December : 19.92 necessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ 20-98 January : ence between the percentages representing respec February : 19.71 tively the variations compared with the preceding March : 20.14 marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in April : 20.48 the financial compensation provided for by Council 22-49 May : Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus Article 2 fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1122/78 (4); 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
(>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978 , p. 5. (>) OJ No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5. 1978 , p. 13 .