OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 519
NoL133/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.6.72
REGULATION (EEC)No1214/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of9June1972
fixingreferencepricesforplums
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/721of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
andinparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72andArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1291/702of1July1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatArticle
providethatreferencepricesvalidforthewhole
Communitymustbefixedeachyearbeforethe
beginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereas,giventheextentofplumproductionwithin
theCommunity,areferencepricemustbefixedfor
thatproduct;
Whereasthereferencepriceforahome-grown
productwithgivencommercialspecifications isequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberState,increasedbyanamountcalculatedon
thebasisofmarketingcostswithaviewtoenabling
thereferencepriceandpricesofproductsimported
fromthirdcountriestobecomparedatthesame
marketingstage;whereasArticle1(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1291/70providesthatthequotationstobe
takenintoconsiderationwhenproducerpricesare
beingdeterminedmustrelateeithertothe'ex
producergroup'marketingstageoranyother
comparablemarketingstage;whereasthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72.providesthatentrypricesforimported
productsmustbecalculatedat,orconvertedto,the
import/wholesalestage;whereasthesepricesarethereforedirectlycomparabletothearithmeticmean
ofproducerprices;whereasthereisconsequentlyno
needtoincreasethelatterbytheamountreferredto
above;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemberStatemustcorrespondtotheaverageof
quotationsrecordedduringthethreeyears,preceding
thefixingofthereferencepriceontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest;whereasArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1291/72providesthatthe
quotationsusedforthepurposesofthiscalculation
mustrelatetopackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades,thecostofthepackingbeingincludedinthe
quotation;whereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72laysdownthatonlyquotations
forproductsorvarietieswhichrepresenta
considerableproportionofmarketedproductionfor
partoftheyearorthroughoutthewholeyearshould
betakenintoaccount;
WhereasArticle23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatwhentheaverageof
quotationsoneachrepresentative marketisbeing
calculatedquotationswhichseemexcessivelyhighor
excessivelylowinrelationtonormalprice
fluctuationsonthatmarketmustbeexcluded;
Whereassinceplumvarietiesarenotfully
comparableasregardscommercialvalue,these
varietiesshouldbedividedintotwogroups;
Whereas,inordertotakeseasonalfluctuationsinto
account,themarketingyearshouldbesubdivided
intoanumberofperiodsandareferencepricefixed
foreachofthoseperiods;
Whereasitisnecessary,forthepurposeofcalculating
entryprices,tospecifythevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountrieswhoseentrypricesaretobe
comparedwiththepricesfixedforGroupIand
GroupIIrespectively ;1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables;Ersingenquetsch),Zimmers (Zimmerquetsch),
Bühler(EarlyBuhlquetsch),Burbank,Florentia,
Gocciad'oro,ReineClaudedorée.
Group11:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Altessesimple(Commonquetsch,Hauszwetsche ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,RuthGerstetter,Ontario.
1.Thereferencepricesforplums(subheadingNo
08.07DoftheCommonCustomsTariff),expressed
inunitsofaccountper100kgnet,areherebyfixed
asfollowsinrespectofvarietiesofGroupIand
GroupIIforpackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades:
Group1Group113.Entrypricesofimportedproductsshallbe
comparedwith:
(a)thepricesfixedforGroupIwheretheimported
productsareofvarietiesotherthanthoselisted
at(b);
(b)thepricesfixedforGroupIIwheretheimported
productsbelongtothefollowingvarieties:
Altessesimple(Commonquetsch,Haus­
zwetsche),ReineClauded'Oullins,Ruth
Gerstetter,Ontario,Wagenheimer (Early
Wangenheimquetsch),Mirabelle,Bosniche.
Amendmentstotheprovisionsofthepreceding
subparagraph shallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle33ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72ifthereisachangeinthe
varietiesimportedfromthirdcountries.June(11to30inclusive)22-2—
July 21-8—
August 19-615-7
September 16-512-8
October(1to20inclusive)—11-7
2.Thegroupsreferredtoinparagraph 1shall
includethefollowingvarieties:
GroupI:Article2
Altessedouble(Italianquetsch),PrécoceFavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,Lutzelsachser (Early
Lützelsachsen quetsch),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(EarlyThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1972.Itshallapplyuntil30April1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9June1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT