31979R1006

23 . 5 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 126/ 11

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1006/79 of 21 May 1979 fixing for June 1979 the minimum purchase price for lemons delivered to the industry and the amount of financial compensation payable after their processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sation, the interested parties have been unable to COMMUNITIES, conclude contracts for June 1979 by the specified time ; whereas derogations should therefore be made Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European from the provisions laid down in Article 1 (2) of Economic Community, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 045/77 (2); Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 (3) laid to promote the marketing of lemon products ( J ), and down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas, under Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1035/77, the minimum price which processors must are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ pay to the producer is derived from the purchase price ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, for quality Class III, plus 15% of the basic price ; whereas, to simplify matters, this calculation should HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : be based on the average basic and purchase prices for the 1979/80 marketing year ; Article 1 Whereas, under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77, financial compensation cannot exceed the The minimum price referred to in Article 1 (3) of difference between the minimum purchase price Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be 12-39 ECU per referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation and the 100 kilograms net for June 1979 . prices obtaining for the basic products in producer third countries ; whereas, for the purposes of calcu­ The said minimum price shall be in respect of lating this compensation and with a view to encou­ products ex-producers' packaging station. raging optimum marketing of lemon products, it would seem advisable to apply the full difference Article 2 between these prices ; The amount of the financial compensation referred to Whereas, for the present marketing year, information in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be currently available does not permit the fixing of : 7-56 ECU per 100 kilograms net for June 1979 . — the minimum purchase price, — the amount of financial compensation, Article 3 beyond June ; whereas, in order to ensure the con­ By way of derogation from Article 1 (2) of Regulation tinued marketing of lemons, it is therefore necessary (EEC) No 1045/77, contracts for June 1979 may be to maintain for June 1979 the minimum purchase concluded until 10 June 1979 . price and the amount of financial compensation valid for the 1978/79 marketing year ; Article 4 Whereas, because of the late publication of the amounts of the minimum price and financial compen­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 May 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 23. (>) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 3 . P) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .