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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1233/78
of8June1978
fixingthereferencepricesforplumsforthe1978marketingyear
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representative marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedwiththeprices
fixedforGroupIandwiththosefixedforGroupII
respectivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1154/78(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketed (fromJunetoOctober;whereasthequanti­
tiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJuneand
duringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthese
periods;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Juneuptoandincluding20
October;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofproductioncostsinthefruitand
vegetablessectormustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedintwo
groups;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccountthe
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareasHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1978marketingyear,thereference
pricesforplums(subheading08.07DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofGroupsIandII,
ofClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollowsforeachof
thegroupsofvarieties:
—from11Juneto31July:
—August:
—September :
—October(1to20):GroupI
34.99
33-52
28-82GroupII
27.30
22.62
21-36
2.ThegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraphI
shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:
GroupI:
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Précocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk'sBlue,
JeffersonGage,Lützelsachser (earlyLützelsachsen

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ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hausz­
wetschge),ReineClauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(yellowegg),Mirabelle,Bosniche.
Amendments totheprecedingsubparagraph shallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,in
keepingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries .quetsche),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(earlyErsingen
quetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),Bühler(early
Bühlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,Gocciad'oro,
ReineClaude,Czar,Vicorias,PurplePershore,
Damsons,
GroupII:
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,Ruth
Gerstetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(b);
(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarieArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President