5.10.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL278/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2929/91
of4October1991
fixingforthe1991/92marketingyearthereferencepricesforbroad-leaved
(Batavian)endives
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1623/91(2),andinparticularArticle
27(1)thereof,Stateplustransportcostsforthecurrentyear,afterthis
amounthasbeenincreasedbytheriseinproductioncosts
lessproductivitygrowth;whereasthereferencepricemay,
however,notbelowerthanintheprecedingmarketing
year;
Whereas,totakeseasonalpricevariationsintoaccount,
themarketingyearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiods
andareferencepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtotheaverage
ofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativemarketor
marketssituatedintheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowest,duringthethreeyearspriortothedateonwhich
thereferencepriceisfixed,forahome-grownproduct
withdefinedcommercialcharacteristics ,beingaproduct
orvarietyrepresentingasubstantialproportionofthe
productionmarketedovertheyearoroverpartthereof
andsatisfyingspecifiedrequirements asregardsmarket
preparation ;whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecorded
oneachrepresentativemarketisbeingcalculated,prices
whichcouldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereasbroad-leaved (Batavian)endives(Cichorium
endiviaL.var.latifolia)areproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereasendivesharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJulytoJuneofthefollowingyear;
whereasthequantitiesimportedfrom1Julyto14
Novemberandfrom1Aprilto30Juneofthefollowing
yeararesosmallthatthereisnoneedtofixreference
pricesfortheseperiods;whereasreferencepricesshould
befixedonlyfortheperiod15Novemberuptoand
including31Marchofthefollowingyear; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasArticle23(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72stipulatesthatreferencepricesaretobefixedat
thesamelevelasfortheprecedingmarketingyear,
adjusted,afterdeductingthestandardcostoftransporting
Communityproductsbetweenproductionareasand
Communityconsumptioncentresintheprecedingyear,
by:
—theincreaseinproductioncostsforfruitand
vegetables,lessproductivitygrowth,and
—thestandardrateoftransportcostsinthecurrent
marketingyear;Article1
Forthe1991/92marketingyear,thereferencepricesfor
broad-leaved (Batavian)endives(CNcode07052900),
expressedinecusper100kilogramsnetofpacked
productsofclassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
—from15November1991to
31January1992: 58,79,
—from1February1992to
31March1992: 63,44.
Whereastheresultingfiguremayneverthelessnotexceed
thearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineachMemberArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15November
1991.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
0OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission