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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2083/83

of 26 July 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1339/83 fixing for the 1983/84 marketing year the reference prices for lemons

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

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 2004/83 (2), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year;

Whereas lemons are produced in valid quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them;

Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are marketed from June to May of the next year; whereas the reference price should therefore be fixed for a period during from 1 June to 31 May of the following year;

Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods;

Whereas, for the 1983/84 marketing year, reference prices for lemons were fixed on 1 June 1983 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1339/83 in accordance with Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 in force on that date; whereas the Article in question was amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83, maintaining in force, for the 1983/84 marketing year, the provisions relating to the fixing for the preceding marketing year of the financial compensation for this product; whereas the reference prices fixed for lemons should therefore be adjusted;

Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not exceeding the difference between the percentages representing respectively the variations compared with the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in the financial compensation provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69;

Whereas, for the 1983/84 marketing year, the financial compensation has been fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year; hence it is necessary to increase the reference prices by the same percentage increase as has been applied to the basic and buying-in prices;

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

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1339/83 is hereby replaced by the following:

'For the 1983/84 marketing year, the reference prices for fresh lemons falling within subheading 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows:

June: 35,56

July: 39,41

August: 40,98

September: 36,11

October: 31,27

November: 27,90

December: 28,72

January: 30,25

February: 28,42

March: 29,04

April: 29,53

May: 32,43'

Article 2

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 June 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1983.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 198, 21. 7. 1983, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 139, 28. 5. 1983, p. 30.