31979R1342

30 . 6 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 162/ 111

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1342/79

of 29 June 1979

fixing until the end of the 1979/80 marketing year the reference prices for lemons

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulation ( EEC) No 2511 /69 (4 ) ; as last amended by COMMUNITIES, Regulation ( EEC) No 1301 /79 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, for the 1979/80 marketing year, the finan­ Economic Community, cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization that used for increases in the basic and buying-in of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1979/80 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1301 /79 (2), and in marketing year should therefore be maintained at the particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, level fixed for the 1978 /79 marketing year. Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, the marketing year ;

Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; Article 1

Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are For the 1979/80 marketing year, the reference prices marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the for the present marketing year the reference prices Common Customs Tariff), expressed in ECU per 100 have been fixed until 30 June by Regulation (EEC) kilograms net of packed products of Class I , of all No 1005/79 (3) ; whereas the information now avail­ sizes, shall be as follows : able allows these prices to be fixed up to the end of — July : 33 04 the marketing year ; — August : 34-36 Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the — September : 30-28 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ — October : 26-21 ence price fixed for each of these periods ; — November : 23-39

— December : 24-08 Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of — January : 25-36 Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72, refer­ — February : 23-83 ence prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal — March : 24-35 to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as — April : 24-76 necessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ­ — May : 27-1 9 ence between the percentages representing respec­ tively the variations compated with the preceding Article 2 marketing year in basic and buying in prices and in the financial compensation provided for by Council This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(■) OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) See page 26 of this Official Journal . (3 ) OJ No L 126, 23. 5 . 1979 , p. 10 . (4 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969 , p. 1 .