24.2.73 NoL51/19 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No537/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of20February1973
fixingforthefirstpartofthe1973marketingyearthereferencepricesforcucumbers
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedduringthethree
yearspriortothedateforfixingthereferenceprice
forahome-grownproductwithdefinedcommercial
characteristics ,ontherepresentative marketor
marketssituatedintheproductionareaswhere
pricesarelowest,fortheproductsorvarieties
whichrepresentaconsiderable proportionof
productionmarketedthroughoutthewholeyear
whichsatisfyspecifiedrequirements asregards
qualityandmarketpreparation ;whereas,whenthe
averageofpricesrecordedoneachrepresentative
marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhichcouldbe
consideredexcessivelyhighorexcessivelylowin
relationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthatmarket
aretobedisregarded ;
WhereasCommunity-produced cucumbersmarketed
betweennowandJunewillbegrownmainlyunder
glass;whereasthereferencepriceforthefirstpart
oftheyearmustthereforebefixedforaproductof
thattype;whereascucumbersimportedfrom
certainthirdcountriesduringthesameperiodwill
beobtainedfromend-of-yearopencrops;whereas,
althoughthesecucumbersmaybeclassedinClassI,
theirqualityandpricearenotcomparablewith
thoseofproductsgrownunderglass;whereasthe
pricesforcucumbersnotgrownunderglassshould
thereforebeadjustedbyaconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommonorganiz­
ationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),and
inparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginning
ofthemarketingyearinrespectofthewhole
marketingyear;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;
whereasforthepresentmarketingyearinformation
currentlyavailablemakesitimpossibletofixrefer­
encepricesonlyfortheperioduntilthemonthof
June;whereas,sincethequantitiesmarketedin
Januaryrepresentonlyasmallportionofthe
tonnagemarketedovertheyearasawhole,the
referencepriceshouldbefixedonlyfortheperiod
fromFebruary;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobe
equaltothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfrom
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesand
buying-inpricesshouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,
theyearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsand
areferencepricefixedforeachofthoseperiods;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthebeginningofthe1973marketingyear,
thereferencepricesforcucumbers (subheadingNo
ex07.01PoftheCommonCustomsTariff),
expressedinunitsofaccountper100kgnetof
packedproductsofClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeas
follows:
February 51-6
March 45-6
April 35-0
May 28-8
June 18-2(*)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprices,
thepricesforcucumbers,notgrownunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduction
ofcustomsduties,bemultipliedby1-30.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommmunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI