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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1926/88

of 30 June 1988

fixing until the end of the 1988 marketing year the maximum levels of the withdrawal prices for tomatoes grown under glass

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (2), and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1) thereof,

Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organizations may be authorized, in view of the characteristics of the market under consideration, to fix, under certain conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels referred to in Article 18 (1) (a) of that Regulation;

Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass has different characteristics from those of the market in open-grown tomatoes; whereas tomatoes grown under glass are mainly 'Extra' class and class I products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products;

Whereas for the present marketing year the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass have been fixed until 30 June by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1694/88 (3); whereas the information now available allows these levels to be fixed up to the end of the marketing year of this product;

Whereas, in order to provide more effective support for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, producers' organizations or associations of such organizations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price at a level higher than the Community withdrawal price; whereas, in accordance with the last subparagraph of Article 18 (1), it appears that the maximum level of the withdrawal price for these products can justifiably be fixed by applying, to the prices fixed for the 1987 marketing year, a variation of the same order as that applied by the Council when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for tomatoes;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1988 marketing year, producers' organizations or associations of such organizations may fix withdrawal prices, not exceeding the following maxima, in ECU per 100 kilograms net, for tomatoes grown under glass:

- July (1 to 10): 26,06,

(11 to 20): 24,41,

(21 to 31): 22,63,

- August: 22,63,

- September: 22,63,

- October: 22,63,

- November: 22,63.

Article 2

The producers' organizations shall supply the following information to the national authorities, who shall communicate it to the Commission:

- the period during which withdrawal prices are applicable,

- the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of those applied.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 151, 17. 6. 1988, p. 38.