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REGULATION (EEC)No1159/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of2June1972
fixingthereferencepricesforlemons
thereforedirectlycomparabletothearithmeticmean
ofproducerprices;whereasthereisconsequentlyno
needtoincreasethelatterbytheamountreferredto
above;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemberStatemustcorrespondtotheaverageof
quotationsrecordedduringthethreeyearspreceding
thefixingofthereferencepriceontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest;whereasArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1291/70providesthatthe
quotationsusedforthepurposesofthiscalculation
mustrelatetopackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades,thecostofthepackingbeingincludedinthe
quotations;whereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72laysdownthatonlyquotations
recordedforproductsorvarietieswhichrepresenta
considerableproportionofmarketedproductionfor
partoftheyearorthroughoutthewholeyearshould
betakenintoaccount;
WhereasArticle23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatwhentheaverageof
quotationsoneachrepresentative marketisbeing
calculatedquotationswhichseemexcessivelyhighor
excessivelylowinrelationtonormalprice
fluctuationsonthatmarketmustbeexcluded;
Whereas,inordertotakeseasonalfluctuationsinto
account,themarketingyearshouldbesubdivided
intoanumberofperiodsandareferencepricefixed
foreachofthoseperiods;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
VegetableshasnotdeliveredanOpinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitsChairman;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/721of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
andinparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72andArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1291/702of1July1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatArticle
providethatreferencepricesvalidforthewholeof
theCommunitymustbefixedeachyearbeforethe
beginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereas,giventheextentoflemonproduction
withintheCommunity,areferencepricemustbe
fixedforthatproduct;
Whereasthereferencepriceforahome-grown
product,withgivencommercialspecifications ,is
equaltothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberState,increasedbyanamount
calculatedonthebasisofmarketingcostswitha
viewtoenablingthereferencepriceandpricesof
productsimportedfromthirdcountriestobe
comparedatthesamemarketingstage;whereas
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1291/70
providesthatthequotationstobetakeninto
consideration whenproducerpricesarebeing
determinedmustrelateeithertothe'exproducer
•group'marketingstageortoanyothercomparable
marketingstage;whereasthefirstsubparagraph of
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
providesthatentrypricesforimportedproductsmust
becalculatedat,or-convertedto,the
import/wholesalestage;whereasthesepricesareHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1'
1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
-OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.Thereferencepricesforlemons(subheadingNo
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inunitsofaccountper100kgnetareherebyfixedas
followsforpackedClassIproductsofallsizegrades:February 16-0
March 16-5
April 17-2
May 17-6June 20-8
July 22-0
August 22-4
September 19-6
October 16-9
November 15-1
December 15-6
January 16-4Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingits-publicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil31May
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2June1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT