31978R1179

No L 145/42 1 . 6 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1179/78 of 31 May 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the minimum purchase price for lemons delivered to the industry and the amount of financial compensation payable after their processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures to promote the marketing of lemon products ('), and Article 1 in particular Article 3 thereof, 1 . The minimum price referred to in Article 1 (3) Whereas, under Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be 10-25 units 1035/77, the minimum price which processors must of account per 100 kilograms net for the 1978/79 pay to the producer is derived from the purchase price marketing year. for quality Class III, plus 15% of the basic price ; whereas, to simplify matters, this calculation should 2. The said minimum price shall be in respect of be based on the average basic and purchase prices products ex-producers' packaging station . fixed for the 1978/79 marketing year by Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1123/78 of 22 May 1978(2); Article 2 Whereas, under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No The amount of the financial compensation referred to 1035/77, financial compensation cannot exceed the in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be difference between the minimum purchase price 6-25 units of account per 100 kilograms net for the referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation and the 1978/79 marketing year. prices obtaining for the basic products in producer third countries ; whereas, for the purposes of calcu­ lating this compensation and with a view to encou­ Article 3 raging optimum marketing of lemon products, it would seem advisable to apply the full difference 1 . By way of derogation from Article 1 (2) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1045/77, contracts for the first part of between these prices ; the 1978/79 marketing year may be concluded until Whereas, because of the late publication of the 30 June 1978 . amounts of the minimum price and financial compen­ sation, the interested parties have been unable to 2. By way of derogation from Article 1 (3) of Regu­ conclude contracts for the first part of the 1978/79 lation (EEC) No 1045/77, supplementary agreements marketing year by the specified time ; whereas deroga­ to the contracts referred to in paragraph 1 may be tions should therefore be made from the dates speci­ concluded until 30 September 1978 . fied in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1045/77 of 18 May 1977 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ Article 4 cation of measures to encourage the marketing of products processed from lemons (3) ; 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 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 3 . (2) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 14. (3) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 23 .