31978R1232

9 . 6 . 78 No L 153 / 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1232/78 of 8 June 1978 fixing the reference prices for peaches for the 1978 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN market or markets situated in the production areas COMMUNITIES, where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ Economic Community, teristics, being a product or variety representing a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No substantial proportion of the production marketed 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last fied requirements as regards market preparation ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 54/78 (2), and in whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the market are to be disregarded ; whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas peaches are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, for them ; Whereas peaches harvested during a given ,crop year HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : are marketed from May to October ; whereas the quan­ tities harvested in May, during the first 10 days of Article 1 June and in October are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these periods ; whereas For the 1978 marketing year, the reference prices for reference prices should be fixed only for the period peaches (subheading 08.07 B of the Common from 1 1 June up to and including 30 September ; Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on sizes, shall be as follows : the bases of the artihmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus an amount representing the 43-33 — June (1 1 to 20) : costs of transporting Community products from the 39.51 (21 to 30) : production areas to Community marketing centres ; — JulY : 37-69 whereas the trend of production costs in the fruit and — August and September : 35-63 vegetables sector must also be taken into account ; Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ Article 2 ence price fixed for each of these periods ; Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June 1978 . average of the prices recorded on the representative

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 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.