NoL137/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.5.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1224/76
of25May1976
fixingforthe1976marketingyearthereferencepricesforplums
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representative marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedwiththeprices
fixedforGroupIandwiththosefixedforGroupII
respectivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitand.Vegetables,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJunetoOctober;whereasthequanti­
tiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJuneand
duringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthese
periods;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Juneuptoandincluding20
October;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromtheproduc­
tionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereas
thetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
mustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedintwo
groups;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative1.Forthe1976marketingyearthereferenceprices
forplums(subheading08.07DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollowsforeachofthegroupsofvarie­
ties:
GroupIGroupII
from11Juneto31July
August
September
October(1to20)31.96
30.61
26.3324.95
20.68
19.53
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.

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GroupI:
Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Precocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk'sBlue,
JeffersonGage,Lützelsachser (earlyLützelsachsen
quetsche),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(earlyErsingen
quetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),Bühler(early
Buhlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,Gocciad'oro,
ReineClaude,Czar,Victorias,PurplePershore,
Damsons .(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetschge),ReineClauded'Oullins,(Oullins
Gage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,
Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(yellowegg),Mirabelle,Bosniche.
Amendments totheprovisionsoftheprecedingsubpa­
ragraphshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeproce­
dureinArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,in
keepingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries.GroupII:
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetsche ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,Ruth
Gerstetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(b);Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission