480 OfficialJournalof'theEuropeanCommunities
NoL128/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.6.72
REGULATION (EEC)No1158/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of2June1972
fixingthereferencepricesfortomatoes
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,subparagraph ofArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72providesthatentrypricesforimported
productsmustbecalculatedat,orconvertedto,the
import/wholesalestage;whereasthesepricesare
thereforedirectlycomparabletothearithmeticmean
ofproducerprices;whereasthereisconsequentlyno
needtoincreasethelatterbytheamountreferredto
above;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/721of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
andinparticularArticle27(1)thereof;WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemberStatemustcorrespondtotheaverageof
quotationsrecordedduringthethreeyearspreceding
thefixingofthereferencepriceontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest;whereasArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1291/70providesthatthe
quotationsusedforthepurposesofthiscalculation
mustrelatetopackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades,thecostofthepackingbeingincludedinthe
quotations ;whereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72laysdownthatonlyquotations
recordedforproductsorvarietieswhichrepresenta
considerableproportionofmarketedproductionfor
partoftheyearorthroughoutthewholeyearshould
betakenintoaccount;WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72andArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1291/702of1July1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatArticle
providethatreferencepricesvalidforthewholeof
theCommunitymustbefixedeachyearbeforethe
beginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereas,giventheextentoftomatoproduction
withintheCommunity,areferencepricemustbe
fixedforthatproduct;
WhereasArticle23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatwhentheaverageof
quotationsoneachrepresentative marketisbeing
calculatedquotationswhichseemexcessivelyhighor
excessivelylowinrelationtonormalprice
fluctuationsonthatmarketmustbeexcluded;Whereasthereferencepriceforahome-grown
productwithgivencommercialspecifications isequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberState,increasedbyanamountcalculatedon
thebasisofmarketingcostswithaviewtoenabling
thereferencepriceandpricesofproductsimported
fromthirdcountriestobecomparedatthesame
marketingstage;whereasArticle1(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1291/70providesthatthequotationstobe
takenintoconsiderationwhenproducerpricesare
beingdeterminedmustrelateeithertothe'ex
producergroup'marketingstageortoanyother
comparablemarketingstage;whereasthefirstWhereas,inordertotakeseasonalfluctuationsinto
accountthemarketingyearshouldbesubdividedinto
anumberofperiodsandareferencepricefixedfor
eachofthoseperiods;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables;1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
-OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.

481 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
—October 14-6
—November 13-3HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
—December (from1to20inclusive).10-6
Article2Thereferencepricesfortomatoes(subheadingNo
07.01A4oftheCommonCustomsTariff)expressed
inunitsofaccountper100kgnetareherebyfixedas
followsforpackedClassIproductsofallsizegrades:
—from1Juneto10Julyinclusive 17-7
—from11Julyto31Augustinclusive11-0ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Itshalliapplyuntil30April
1973. —September 12-1
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2June1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT