31978R1807

29 . 7 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 205/67

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1807/78 of 28 July 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 919/78 applying quality class III to certain fruit for the 1978/79 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN view of the considerable fluctuations in production COMMUNITIES, from one marketing year to another, the period of application of quality class III should be limited ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of 19 February 1971 laying down common quality stand­ The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 919/78 is hereby ards for citrus fruit (3), laid down a class III for the amended by the addition of the following : products concerned ; '— Oranges of blood varieties other than " Biondo Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article comune" : from 1 October 1978 to 15 July 1979, 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the quality — satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other class III may be applied only if the products similar citrus hybrids other than mandarins : from concerned are needed to meet consumer demand ; 1 October 1978 to 15 May 1979'. whereas, this need, which has already been recognized for a limited period for lemons by Commission Regu­ Article 2 lation (EEC) No 919/78 of 2 May 1978 applying quality class III to certain fruit for the 1978/79 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day marketing year (4), also appears to exist at present for following its publication in the Official Journal of certain citrus fruits other than lemons ; whereas, in the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 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. (3) OJ No L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 119, 3 . 5. 1978 , p. 16.