NoL49/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No499/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of15February1973
fixingthereferencepricesforapplesfortherestoftheseason1972/73
graph,ofArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,theentrypricesofimportedproductsmust
becalculatedatorconvertedtothe'import/
wholesale'stage;whereasthosepricesarethen
directlycomparablewiththearithmeticmeanofthe
producerpricesandthereforedonotneedtobe
.increasedbytheamountreferredtoabove;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemebrStatearetocorrespondtotheaverageof
thepricesrecordedduringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateoffixingthereferenceprice,ontherepre­
sentativemarketormarketssituatedintheproduc­
tionareaswherepricesarelowest;whereasthe
pricesonwhichcalculationsarebasedmust,under
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1291/70,
relatetoClassIproducts,ofalllsizes,packed,the
packingcostsbeingincludedintheprice;whereas
Article23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
furtherprovidesthatonlypricesrecordedfor
produatsorvarietiesrepresenting aconsiderable
proportionoftheproductionmarketedforpartof
theyearorthroughoutthewholeyearshallbe
used:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),and
inparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72andtoArticle1(1)ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1291/70(3)of1July
1970layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthatArticle,referencepricesforthewhole
Communityarefixedeachyearbeforethebegin­
ningofthemarketingyear;whereasforthepresent
marketingyear,however,sincetheTreaty(4)
concerningtheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuro­
peanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,signedatBrussels
on22January1972,istoapplytothissectorfrom
1February1973,referencepricesforappleswere
fixedupto31January1973only;whereasprices
shouldthereforebefixedfortherestofthe
marketingyear,accountbeingtakenofconditions
ofproductioninrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inthenewMemberStates;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle57oftheActannexed
totheaforesaidTreaty,pricesinthenewMember
Statesaretobereducedbythecompensatory
amounts;
Whereasforahome-grownproductwithdefined
commercialcharacteristics thereferencepriceis
equaltothearithmeticmeanoftheproducerprices
ineachMemberState,plusanamount,basedon
marketingcosts,calculatedwithaviewtoenabling
thereferencepriceandpricesofimportedproducts
tobecomparedatthesamemarketingstage;
whereas,underArticle1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1291/70,thepricestobeusedindetermining
thoseproducerpricesmustrelatetothe'ex-pro­
ducersgroup'stageortoanyothercomparable
marketingstage;whereas,underthefirstsubpara­Whereasforeachrepresentative markettheaverage
ofthepricesmust,inaccordancewithArticle23(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,beestablished
disregardingpriceswhichappearexcessivelyhighor
lowinrelationtonormalfluctuations onthe
market:
Whereas,sincenotallvarietiesofapplesare
comparableintermsoftheircommercialvalue,they
shouldbeclassedinthreegroups;
Whereas,totakeaccountofseasonalpricevaria­
tions,thepartofthemarketingyearunderconsider­
ationshouldbedividedintoanumberofperiods,a
separatereferencepricebeingfixedforeachsuch
period;
(*)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesarerespectivelytobecompared
withthepricesfixedforGroupsI,IIandIIImust
bespecified;(3)OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.
(4)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.

22.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL49/15
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegu­
lationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thereferencepricesforapplesotherthan
ciderapples(subheadingex08.06AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnet,shallinrespectofvariety
GroupsI,IIandIII,forClassIproductsofallsizes,
packed,beasfollows:
GroupIGroupIIGroupIII
February 15-8 11-6 7-8
March 16-0 13-0 8-4
April
May17-7
18-4>
i14-58-3
9-0
June 19-6 — —(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupI,inthecaseof
importedproductsofthefollowingvarieties:
GoldenDelicious,RedDelicious,Richared,
StarkDelicious,Starking,Starkrimson ,Trans­
parentjaune(Klarapfel),JamesGrieve,Bellede
Boskoop,StaymanWinesap,Staymanred ,Black
Winesap,GrannySmith,Dunn'sSeedling,King
Cole,Cleopatra,Democrat,YellowNewton,
Crofton,IngridMarie,Sturmer,Laxton'ssuperb,
Scarletpearmain,Whitewinterpearmain,
GeevestonFanny,Tydeman'searly,Worcester,
Benoni,Starkearliest,Winston,Reinettedu
Canada,Berlepsch,Annurca,Lodi,Graven­
steiner,Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpearmain,
variousvarietiesofCox'sotherthanCox's
pomona,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties;
(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupII,inthecaseof
importedproductsofvarietiesotherthanthose
listedunder(a)and(c);
(c)withthepricesfixedforGroupIII,inthecase
ofimportedproductsofthefollowingvarieties :
Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,Brett­
acher,Horneburger ,KrügersDickstiel,Kirchen­
werder,Finkenwerder ,WinterBanana,Limon­
cella,Commercio ,Reinetteclochard,Ontario,
ReinetteduMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bramley's
Seedling (TriomphedeKiel),Pella,Cox's
pomona.
Anyamendmentstotheprecedingsubparagraph
shallbemadeinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle33ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
inthelightofchangesinthevarietalcompositions
ofimportsfromthirdcountries.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil30
June1973.2.Thevarietygroupsreferredtoinparagraph 1
consistsofthefollowingvarieties:
GroupI:
GoldenDelicious,Cox'sorangepippin,StarkDeli­
cious,rougesaméricaines ,IngridMarie,Reinettedu
Canada,BelledeBoskoop,andmutationsofthese
varieties;
Group11:
Jonathan,Imperatore (Morgenduft),andmutations
ofthesevarieties;
GroupIII:
Abbondanza (Belfort),Horneburger ,Bramley's
Seedling,andmutationsofthesevarieties.
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsshallbe
compared :
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI