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fixing,forthe1977marketingyear,thereferencepricesforplums
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
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whefreasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJunetoOctober;whereasthequanti­
tiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJuneand
duringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthese
periods;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Juneuptoandincluding20
October;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesand
buying-inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedintwo
groups;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareasHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1977marketingyear,thereference
pricesforplum(subheading08.07DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollowsforeachofthegroupsofvarie­
ties:
GroupIGroupII
—from11Juneto31July:33*24—
—August: 31-8425-95
—September : 27-3921-51
—October(1to20): —20-32
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:
GroupI:
Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Precocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk'sBlue,
JeffersonGage,Liitzelsachser (earlyLiitzelsachsen(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.

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quetsche),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(earlyErsingen
quetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),Bühler(early
Bühlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,Gocciad'oro,
ReineClaude,Czar,Victorias,PurplePershore,
Damsons.
GroupII:ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetschge),ReineClauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(yellowegg),Mirabelle,Bosniche.
Amendmentstotheprecedingsubparagraphshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle33ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,in
keepingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries.Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,Ruth
Gerstetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared:
(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(b);
(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarieArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7June1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission