21.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL49/11
REGULATION (EEC)No425/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of20February1974
fixingthereferencepricesforcucumbersforthe1974marketingyear
beconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessivelylowin
relationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthatmarket
aretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,theCommunity-produced cucumbersare
mainlycultivatedunderglass;whereasthereference
priceforthemarketingseasonmustthereforebefixed
foraproductofthattype;whereascucumbers
importedfromcertainthirdcountriesduringthesame
periodwillbeobtainedfromend-of-yearopencrops;
whereas,althoughthesecucumbersmaybeclassedin
ClassI,theirqualityandpricearenotcomparable
withthoseofproductsgrownunderglass;whereas
thepricesforcucumbersnotgrownunderglass
shouldthereforebeadjustedbyaconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(5)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember,whereas
thequantitiesharvestedinJanuaryduringthefirst10
daysofFebruaryandalsoDecemberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthewhole
year;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Februaryto30November ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromproduction
areastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereasthe
trendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
shouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachofthoseperiods;
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
priortothedateforfixingthereferencepricefora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,ontherepresentativemarketormarketssitu­
atedintheproductionareaswherepricesarelowest,
fortheproductsorvarietieswhichrepresentaconsid­
erableproportionofproductionmarketedthroughout
thewholeyearwhichsatisfyspecifiedrequirements as
regardsqualityandmarketpreparation ;whereas,
whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneachrepresen­
tativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhichcould1.Forthe1974marketingyear,thereference
pricesforcucumbers (subheadingNoex07.01Pof
theCommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetofpackedproductsofClassI,
ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
February
—11to20: 61-9
—21to28: 48-6
March: 45-6
April: 35-5
May: 29-2
June: 20-3
July: 16-4
August: 18-3
September : 19-6
October: 31-9
November : 40-9
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprices,
thepricesforcucumbers ,notgrownunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduction
ofcustomsduties,bemultipliedby1-30.
Article2
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20February1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI