NoL198/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.7.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1919/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of16July1973
fixingthereferencepricesforapplesforthe1973/74marketingyear
ormarketssituatedintheproductionareaswhere
pricesarelowest,fortheproductsorvarieties
whichrepresentaconsiderableproportionofpro­
ductionmarketedthroughouttheyearorduring
partofit,andwhichsatisfyspecifiedrequirements
asregardsmarketpreparation ;whereas,whenthe
averageofpricesrecordedoneachrepresentative
marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhichcouldbe
consideredexcessivelyhighorexcessivelylowin
relationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthemarket
shouldbedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposdofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedtotheprices
fixedforGroupIandtothosefixedforGroupII
andGroupIIIrespectivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),and
inparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewhole
Communityaretobefixedeachyear,beforethe
beginningofthemarketingyear,inrespectofthe
wholemarketingyear;
Whereasapplesareproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatareferencepriceshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereasapplesharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJulytoJuneofthenextyear;
whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedforthe
periodfrom1Julyto30Juneofthenextyear;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromthepro­
ductionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying­
inpricesshouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofapplesarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircom­
mercialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedin
threegroups;
Whereastotakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,
themarketingyearshouldbedividedintoseveral
periodsandareferencepricefixedforeachof
thoseperiods;
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averagesofthepricesrecordedduringthethree
yearspriortothedateoffixingofthereference
priceforahome-grownproductwithdefinedcom­
mercialcharacteristics ontherepresentative marketArticle1
1.Forthe1973/74marketingyearthereference
pricesforapplesotherthanciderapples(subheading
ex08.06AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff),ex­
pressedinunitsofaccountper100kgnetofpacked
productsofClassIofallsizes,shallbeasfollows
foreachofthegroupsofvarieties:
GroupIGroupIIGroupIII
-July 15-9 — —
—August 13-5 — —
—September 14-5 13-4 8-3
—October 14-6 12-3 8-7
—November 15-2 12-3 8-8
—December 15-9 12-5 9-0
—January 17-1 12-8 9-3
—February 18-5 13-9 101
—March 19-3 14-6 10-3
—April 20-2j16-110-6
—May 20-9 11-0
—June 22-2— —(')OfNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OfNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

18.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL198/23
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph
1composedofthefollowingvarieties:
Group1:
YellowTransparant (Transparentejaune,Klarapfel),
JamesGrieve,Gravensteiner ,GoldenDelicious,
Cox'sorangepippin,StarkDelicious,rougesaméri­
caines,IngridMarie,ReinetteduCanada,Bellede
Boskoop,Millers'Seedling,Tydemansearly,Wor­
cesterpearmain,andmutationsofthesevarieties;
GroupII:ton'ssuperb,Scarletpearmain,Whitewinter
pearmain,GeevestonFanny,Tydeman'searly
Worcester,Benoni,Starkearliest,Winston,Rei­
netteduCanada,Berlepsch,Annurca,Lodi,
Gravensteiner ,Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpear­
main,variousvarietiesofCox'sotherthan
Cox'spomona,andmutationsoftheabove
varieties;
(b)tothepricesfixedforGroupII,wheretheim­
portedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(a)and(c);
(c)tothepricesfixedforGroupIII,wheretheim­
portedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,
Brettacher,Horneburger ,KrügersDickstiel,Kir­
chenwerder,Finkenwerder ,WinterBanana,Li­
moncella,Commercio ,Reinetteclochard,On­
tario,ReinetteduMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bramley's
Seedling(TriomphedeKiel),Pella,Cox's
pomona.
Anyamendments totheprecedingsubparagraph
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurein
Article33ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72inkeep­
ingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries.ReinedesReinettes (Goldparmane ),Glockenapfel ,
Jonathan,Imperatore (Morgenduft),Grenadier,Lord
Derby,LordLambourne,andmutationsofthese
varieties;
GroupIII:
Abbondanza (Belfort),Horneburger ,Bramley'sSeed­
ling,andmutationsofthesevarieties.
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsareto
becompared :
(a)tothepricesfixedforGroupI,wheretheim­
portedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:GoldenDelicious,RedDelicious,Richared,
StarkDelicious,Starking,Starkrimson ,Yellow
Transparant (Transparentejaune),JamesGrieve,
BelledeBoskoop,StaymanWinesap,Stayman­
red,BlackWinesap,GrannySmith,Dunn'sSeed­
ling,KingCole,Cleopatra,Democrat,Yellow
Newton,Crofton,IngridMarie,Sturmer,LaxArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16July1973.
■ FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI