31978R1531

1 . 7 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 179 / 25

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1531 / 78 of 30 June 1978 fixing, for the 1978 /79 marketing year, the reference prices for pears

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 the particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, specified 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 before the begin­ low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that ning of each marketing year ; market are to be disregarded ; Whereas pears are produced in such quantities in the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Community that reference prices should be fixed for are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ them ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Whereas pears harvested during a given crop year are marketed from June of one year to May of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : following year ; whereas the quantities marketed in Article 1 June and May of the following year are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices ; whereas the For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference price reference prices should therefore be fixed for the for pears , other than perry pears (subheading ex 08.06 period from 1 July up to and including 30 April of B II of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in the following year ; units of account per 100 kilograms net of packed Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation products of Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows : ( EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on — July 22-56 the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in 18-83 — August each Member State plus an amount representing the 18-69 — September cost of transporting Community products from the — October 20-18 production areas to Community marketing centres ; — November 21-65 whereas the trend of production costs in the fruit and — December 23-25 vegetables sector must also be taken into account ; 24-21 — January to April inclusive Whereas to take variations into account, the year Article 2 should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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 .