31978R1272

No L 156/42 14. 6 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1272/ 78

of 13 June 1978 fixing , for the 1978 marketing year, the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass

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 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Article 1 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1154/78 (2), and in For the 1978 marketing year, producers' organizations particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) or associations of such organizations may fix with­ thereof, drawal prices, not exceeding the following maxima, in units of account per 100 kilograms net for tomatoes Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) grown under glass : of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­ June (1 1 to 20) : 23.98 tions may be authorized, in view of the characteristics 21-98 of the market under consideration , to fix, under (21 to 30) : July (1 to 10) : 20.51 certain conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels ( 11 to 20): 19.15 referred to in Article 18 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; (21 to 31 ) : 17.68 Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass 17-68 August : has different characteristics from those of the market September : 17.68 in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown October : 17-68 under glass are mainly ' Extra' Class and Class I November : 17.68 products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products ; Article 2 Whereas, in order to provide more effective support for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, The producers' organizations shall supply the producers' organizations or associations of such organi­ following information to the national authorities, who shall communicate it to the Commission : zations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price at a level higher than the Community withdrawal — the period during which withdrawal prices are price ; whereas, in accordance with the last subpara­ applicable, graph of Article 18 ( 1 ), it appears that the maximum — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of level of the withdrawal price for these products can those applied . justifiably be fixed, by applying, to the prices fixed for the 1977 marketing year, an increase of the same Article 3 order as the increase applied by the Council when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for toma­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June toes ; 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 June 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . .S. 1972, p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5 . 1978 , p . 5 .