NoL104/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.4.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No858/77
of27April1977
fixingthereferencepriceforcucumbersforthemonthofMay1977
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,duringthemonthofMay,Community-pro­
ducedcucumbersaregrownmainlyunderglass;
whereasthereferencepriceforthismonthmustthere­
forebefixedforaproductofthattype:whereas
cucumbersimportedfromcertainthirdcountrieswill
havebeengrownintheopen;whereas,althoughsuch
cucumbersmaybeclassedinClassI,theirqualityand
pricearenotcomparablewiththoseofproducts
grownunderglass;whereasthepriceforcucumbers
notgrownunderglassshouldthereforebeadjustedby
aconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereascucumbersproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;
whereas,forthepresentmarketingyear,thereference
priceshavealreadybeenfixedup-to30AprilbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No256/77of4February 1977(3);
whereaswiththeinformationcurrentlyavailableitis
notpossibletofixreferencepricesbeyondthemonth
ofMay;whereasreferencepricesshouldthereforebe
fixedonlyforthatmonth;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesand
buying-inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ForthemonthofMay1977,thereferenceprice
forcucumbers (subheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsof
Class1,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:41-00.
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,the
pricesforcucumbers,notproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountriesshall,afterdeductionof
customsduties,bemultipliedbyaconversionfactor
of1-30.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL34,5.2.1977,p.52.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1977.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27April1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President