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REGULATION (EEC)No1308/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of23May1975
fixingforthe1975marketingyearthereferencepricesforplums
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedwiththeprices
fixedforGroupIandwiththosefixedforGroupII
respectivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(J)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJunetoOctober;whereasthequanti­
tiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJuneand
duringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthese
periods;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Juneuptoandincluding20
October;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromtheproduc­
tionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereas
thetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
mustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedintwo
groups;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1975marketingyearthereferenceprices
forplums(subheading08.07DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kgnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofallsizes,shall
beasfollowsforeachofthegroupsofvarieties:
GroupIGroup11
—from11Juneto31July:
—August:
—September :
—October(1to20):29-60
28-34
24-3823-10
19-14
18-08
(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:

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GroupI
Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Precocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk'sBlue,
JeffersonGage,Lützelsachser (earlyLützelsachsen
quetsche),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(earlyErsingen
quetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),Bühler(early
Buhlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,Gocciad'oro,
ReineClaude,Czar,Victorias,PurplePershore,
Damsons .(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetsche),ReineClauded'Oullins,(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,'RuthGertstetter,Ontario,
Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(yellowegg),Mirabelle,Bosniche.
Amendments totheprovisionsoftheprecedingsubpa­
ragraphshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeproce­
dureinArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,in
keepingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries.GroupII
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetsche ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,RuthGert­
stetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(b);Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission