26.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL114/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No824/78
of25April1978
fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthemonthofMay1978
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representative marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasduringthemonthofMayCommunity­
producedtomatoesaregrownmainlyunderglass;
whereasthereferencepriceforthismonthmustthere­
forebefixedforaproductofthattype;whereastoma­
toesimportedfromcertainthirdcountrieswillhave
beengrownintheopen;whereas,althoughsuch
tomatoesmaybeclassedinClassI,theirqualityand
pricearenotcomparablewiththoseofproducts
grownunderglass;whereasthepricefortomatoesnot
grownunderglassshouldthereforebeadjustedbya
conversionfactor;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereastomatoesareproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereastomatoesharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;whereas,for
thepresentmarketingyear,thereferencepriceshave
alreadybeenfixedupto30AprilbyRegulation (EEC)
No585/78of22March1978(3);whereaswiththe
informationcurrentlyavailableitisnotpossibletofix
referencepricesbeyondthemonthofMay;whereas
referencepricesshouldthereforebefixedonlyforthat
month;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying­
inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ForthemonthofMay1978,thereferenceprice
fortomatoes(subheading07.01MoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollows:77-53.
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,the
pricesfortomatoesnotproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduction
ofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbyaconversion
factorof1-75.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1978.(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(-')OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(>)OJNoL79,23.3.1978,p.28.

NoL114/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.4.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President