31978R1668

15. 7. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 192/ 53

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1668/78 of 14 July 1978 fixing the reference prices for table grapes for the 1978 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the COMMUNITIES, year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ ence price fixed for each of these periods ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the Economic Community, average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last teristics ; being a product or variety representing a amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in substantial proportion of the production marketed particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation could be considered excessively high or excessively (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that the marketing year ; market are to be disregarded ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas table grapes are produced in such quantities are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ in " the Community that reference prices should be ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, fixed for them ;

Whereas table grapes harvested during a given crop year are marketed from May to April of the next year ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas the quantities harvested in May and June, during the first 10 days of July and also January to April of the next year are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these periods ; whereas, Article 1 due principally to developments in production tech­ niques, a relatively large increase in the marketing of Community products during the last 10 days of For the 1978 marketing year, the reference price for November and in the month of December can be table grapes (subheading 08.04 A I of the Common expected ; whereas, however, the figures at present Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 available are insufficiently conclusive to justify fixing kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all a reference price for that period ; whereas reference sizes, shall be as follows : prices should be fixed only for the period 1 1 July up to and including 20 November ; — July (1 1 to 20) : — 21 to 31 : 30-69 — August : 30*69 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation — September and October : 27 02 (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on — November (1 to 20) : 27-30 the bases of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus an amount representing the costs of transporting Community products from the production areas to Community marketing centres ; Article 2 whereas the trend of production costs in the fruit and vegetables sector must also be taken into account ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (2) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978 , p . 5. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1978 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President