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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1049/77
of18May1977
fixingthereferencepriceforcucumbersuntiltheendofthe1977marketing
year
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresentinga
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation;
whereaswhentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,Communityproducedcucumbersaregrown
mainlyunderglass;whereasthereferencepricesfor
themarketingyearmustthereforebefixedfora
productofthattype;whereascucumbersimported
fromcertainthirdcountriesduringthesameperiod
willhavebeengrownintheopen;whereas,although
suchcucumbersmaybeclassedinClassI,their
qualityandpricearenotcomparablewiththoseof
productsgrownunderglass;whereasthepricesfor
cucumbersnotgrownunderglassshouldthereforebe
adjustedbyaconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EECNo
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;
whereasforthepresentmarketingyearthereference
priceshaverespectivelybeenfixedupto31Mayby
Regulations (EEC)No256/77of4February1977(3)
and(EEC)No858/77of27April1977(4);whereas
theinformationnowavailableallowsthesepricesto
befixeduptotheendofthemarketingyear;whereas
thelowquantitieswhichareharvestedduring
Decemberrepresentonlyasmallpercentageofthe
tonnagewhichismarketedthroughoutthemarketing
year;whereasthatmonthshouldnotthereforebe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfrom
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying­
inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1977marketingyear,thereferenceprice
forcucumbers (subheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsof
ClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
29-19
21-63
2412
25-82
41-93
50-73June:
July:
August:
September :
October:
November :(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(>)OJNoL34,5.2.1977,p.52.
{*)OJNoL104,28.4.1977,p.28.

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2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice,
thepricesforcucumbers,notproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountriesshall,afterdeductionof
customsduties,bemultipliedbythefollowingconver­
sionfactors:—from1Juneto30September1.30,
—from1Octoberto30November1.00.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President