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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1180/78
of31May1978
fixinguntiltheendofthe1978marketingyearthereferencepricefortomatoes
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereaswhentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,upto10July,Community-produced toma­
toesaregrownmainlyunderglass;whereastherefer­
encepricesforthisperiodofthemarketingyearmust
thereforebefixedforaproductofthattype;whereas
tomatoesimportedfromcertainthirdcountriesduring
thesameperiodwillhavebeengrownintheopen;
whereas,althoughsuchtomatoesmaybeclassedin
ClassI,theirqualityandpricearenotcomparable
withthoseofproductsgrownunderglass;whereas
thepricesfortomatoesnotgrownunderglassshould
thereforebeadjustedbyaconversionfactor;
Whereas,fromOctobertoDecemberinclusive,toma­
toesimportedfromcertainthirdcountriesareculti­
vatedunderglass;whereasaconversionfactorshould
alsobeappliedtothepricesofthesetomatoesto
makethemcomparablewiththereferenceprices
whichareduringthisperiodcalculatedonthebasisof
pricesofCommunityproductscultivatedintheopen;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1154/78(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
WhereasunderArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereastomatoesareproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereastomatoesharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;whereasfor
thepresentmarketingyearthereferencepriceshave
respectivelybeenfixeduntil31MaybyRegulations
(EEC)No585/78(3),and(EEC)No824/78(4);
whereastheinformation nowavailableallowsthese
pricestobefixeduptotheendofthemarketing
year;whereasthelowquantitieswhichareharvested
duringthelast10daysofDecemberrepresentonlya
smallpercentageofthetonnagewhichismarketed
throughoutthemarketingyear;whereasthatperiod
shouldnotthereforebetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfrom
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofproductioncostsinthefruitand
vegetablessectormustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1978marketingyear,thereferenceprice
fortomatoes(subheading07.01MoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.
(J)OJNoL79,23.3.1978,p.28.
(4)OJNoL114,26.4.1978,p.7.

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kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollows:
—1Juneto10July: 58.19
—11Julyto31August: 19.72
—September : 21.51
—1Octoberto20December : 24-54
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice:
(a)thepricesfortomatoesnotproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduc­tionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbyaconver­
sionfactorof1.70from1Juneto10July;
(b)thepricefortomatoesproducedunderglassand
importedfromthirdcountriesshall,afterdeduc­
tionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbyaconver­
sionfactorof0-60from1Octoberto20
December .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President