30.1.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL25/15
REGULATION (EEC)No183/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of23January1973
fixingthebasicpriceandthebuying-inpriceforapplesfrom1Februaryto31May1973
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,underArticle57oftheActannexedtothe
abovementioned Treaty,thepricesforthenew
MemberStatesmustbedecreasedbytheincidenceof
thecompensatory amount; HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(1)of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2)
andinparticularArticle16(1)thereof;WhereasapplesproducedwithintheCommunity
includeseveralvarieties;whereasdifferentquotations
accordingtovarietiesareaccordedonthemarket;
whereasasufficientlyrepresentative varietyshould
thereforebeselectedfortheapplicationofthe
intervention system;whereasgoldendelicious
apples,qualityclassI,satisfythisrequirementforthe
periodinquestion;
Whereas,totakeaccountofseasonaltrendsinapple
prices,therelevantpartoftheyearshouldbe
subdividedintoseveralperiodsandabasicanda
buying-inpriceshouldbefixedforeachoneofthem;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasthemarketingofapplesharvestedduringa
.givenyearofproductionisspreadbetweenJulyand
Juneofthefollowingyear;
Whereasthesurplusproductionareas,tobeusedfor
fixingthebasicpriceinaccordancewithArticle16
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,are:
—inFebruary :WhereasunderArticle16(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72,thebasicpriceandthebuying-inprice
oftheproductforthemarketingyearmustbefixed
annually;whereas,however,forthecurrentyear,and
sincetheTreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community (3),signedatBrusselson22January
1972,appliestothismarketfrom1February1973,
thesepriceshaveonlybeenfixeduntil31January
1973;whereasthebasicandbuying-inpricesmust,
therefore,befixedfortheremainderofthemarketing
year,takingintoaccountdatarelatingtothe
productionoftheproductsinquestioninthenew
MemberStates;TheGermanproductionareaofHamburg,
Schleswig-Holstein ,theFrenchproductionareas
ofLanguedoc-Provence ,Pyrénées-Aquitaine ,Val
deLoire,theItalianproductionareaofCuneo,
Ferrara,theNetherlandsandDenmark,
—inMarch:
Belgium,theGermanproductionareasof
Hamburg,Schleswig-Holstein ,theFrench
productionareasofLanguedoc-Provence ,Valde
Loire,Pyrenees-Aquitaine ,theItalianproduction
areaofCuneoandDenmark,Whereasunderthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle16
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,eachmarketing
periodatthebeginningandattheendofthe
marketingyearistobedisregarded ;whereasatthe
endofthemarketingyearthequantitiesmarketedin
Juneareonlyasmallpercentageofthemetric
tonnagemarketedthroughoutthewholeyear;
whereas,therefore,thismonthshouldbedisregarded ;—inApril:
TheFrenchproductionareasofLanguedoc-Pro­
vence,Pyrénées-Aquitaine,ValdeLoireandthe
Netherlands ,
—inMay:
HOJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(-')OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.
(3)SpecialEdition,27.3.1972,p.5.Belgium,theFrenchproductionareasof
Pyrenees-Aquitaine ,ValdeLoire,theItalian
productionareaofVeronaandtheNetherlands ;

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Article2
Article1
1.Fortheperiodfrom1Februaryto31May
1973,thebasicandbuying-inpricesforapplesother
thanciderapples,inunitsofaccountper100kgnet,
arefixedasfollows:ThepricesreferredtoinArticle1(1)donotinclude
thecostofthepackinginwhichtheproductis
presented.
Ifthepriceascertainedforaparticularproductona
representative market,inaccordancewithArticle17
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,includesallorpart
oftl^ecostofthepackinginwhichtheproductis
presented,thepriceshallbereducedbythecostof
thepackingincluded.BasicpriceBuying-inprice
7-0 Article3 February
March
April
May13-2
14-0
15-5
16-37-5
8-0
8-5Theinformationtobecommunicated underArticle
17(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72shallinclude
theprices,exclusiveofpacking,recordedforthe
varietyreferredtoinArticle1(2).
Article4
2.Thepricesquotedinparagraph1arethosefor
goldendeliciousapples,qualityClassI,sizeequalto
orlargerthan70mm,packed.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23January1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.TINDEMANS