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REGULATION (EEC)No1616/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of18June1973
fixingthereferencepricesforplumsforthe1973marketingyear
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondto
theaveragesofthepricesrecordingduringthethree
yearspriortothedateoffixingofthereference
priceforahome-grownproductwithdefined
commercialcharacteristics ontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,fortheproductsorvar­
ietieswhichrepresentaconsiderableproportionof
productionmarketedthroughouttheyearorduring
partofit,andwhichsatisfyspecifiedrequirements
asregardsmarketpreparation ;whereas,whenthe
averageofpricesrecordedoneachrepresentative
marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhichcouldbe
consideredexcessivelyhighorexcessivelylowinrela­
tiontonormalpricefluctuationsonthemarket
shouldbedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
tileentrypricesaretobecomparedtotheprices
fixedforGroupIandtothosefixedforGroupII
respectivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedbythepresentRegu­
lationareinconformitywiththeAdviceofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72i1)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;
Whereasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatareferencepriceshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJunetoOctober;whereasthe
quantitiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJune
andduringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmall
thatthereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthat
period;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixed
onlyfortheperiodfrom11Juneto20October;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1973marketingyearthereference
pricesforplums(subheading08.07Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetofpackedproductsofClass
IandIIofallsizes,shallbeasfollowsforeachofthe
groupsofvarieties:Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesand
buying-inpricesshouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheir
commercialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassi­
fiedintwogroups;
Whereastotakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,
themarketingyearshouldbedividedintoseveral
periodsandareferencepricefixedforeachofthose
periods;Group1
24.3
23.7
22.2
191GroupII
18.1
15.0
14.2—June
—July
—August
—September
—October :1to20
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinpara­
graph1shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarie­
ties:
Group/;
Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Précocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk's(x)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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Blue,JeffersonGage,Lützelsachser (earlyLützel­
sachsenquetsche),AnnaSpäth,Ersinger(early
Ersingenquetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),
Bühler(earlyBühlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,
Gocciad'oro,ReineClaude,Czar,Victorias,Purple
Pershore,Damsons.ieties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetsche),ReineClauded'Oullins,(Oullins
Gage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGertstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim
quetsche),Pershore(yellowegg),Mirabelle,
Bosniche.
Amendments totheprovisionsofthepreceding
subparagraph shallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedureinArticle33ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,inkeepingwithchangesinthevarieties
importedfromthirdcountries.Group11:
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetsche ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,RuthGert­
stetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsareto
becompared :
(a)tothepricesfixedforGroupIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesother
thanthoseshownin(b);
(b)tothepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvar-Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18June1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI