NoL145/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.6.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1178/78
of31May1978
fixinguntiltheendofthe1978marketingyearthereferencepriceforcucum­
bers
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereaswhentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasCommunity-produced cucumbersaregrown
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)No1154/78(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;
whereasforthepresentmarketingyearthereference
priceshaverespectivelybeenfixedupto31Mayby
Regulations (EEC)No244/78of6February1978(3)
and(EEC)No823/78of25April1978(4);whereas
theinformationnowavailableallowsthesepricesto
befixeduptotheendofthemarketingyear;whereas
thelowquantitieswhichareharvestedduring
Decemberrepresentonlyasmallpercentageofthe
tonnagewhichismarketedthroughoutthemarketing
year;whereasthatmonthshouldnotthereforebe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfrom
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofproductioncostsinthefruitand
vegetablesectormustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1978marketingyear,thereferenceprice
forcucumbers (subheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsof
ClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
June:
July:
August:
September :
October :
November :30-72
22-75
25-37
27-17
44-16
53-45(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.
(3)OJNoL37,7.2.1978,p.11.
«)OJNoL114,26.4.1978,p.5.

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2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice,
thepricesforcucumbersnotproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduction
ofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbythefollowing
conversionfactors:
—from1Juneto30September :1-30,—from1Octoberto30November :1.00.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President