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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No625/76
of19March1976
fixingthereferencepriceforcucumbersuntiltheendofthe1976marketing
year
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketover
theyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspecified
requirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;whereas
whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneachrepresen­
tativemarketisbeingcalculatedpriceswhichcould
beconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessivelylowin
relationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthatmarket
aretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,Communityproducedcucumbersaregrown
mainlyingreenhouses ;whereasthereferenceprices
forthemarketingyearmustthereforebefixedfora
productofthattype;whereascucumbersimported
fromcertainthirdcountriesduringthesameperiod
willhavebeengrownintheopen;whereas,although
suchcucumbersmaybeclassedinClassI,their
qualityandpricearenotcomparablewiththoseof
productsgrowningreenhouses ;whereastheprices
forcucumbersnotgrowningreenhousesshouldthere­
forebeadjustedbyaconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2482/75(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember;
whereaswithregardtothepresentmarketingyearthe
referencepriceshavealreadybeenfixedupto31
MarchbyRegulation(EEC)No248/76of4February
1976(3);whereastheinformationnowavailable
allowsthesepricestobefixeduptotheendofthe
marketingyear;whereasthelowquantitieswhichare
harvestedduringDecemberrepresentonlyasmall
percentageofthetonnagewhichismarketed
throughoutthemarketingyear;whereasthatmonth
shouldnotthereforebetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromproduction
areastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereasthe
trendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
mustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1976marketingyear,thereferenceprice
forcucumbers (subheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetofpackedproductsofClassI,
ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
—April 47-78
—May 40-27
—June 28-06
—July 20-79
—August 23-19
—September 24-82
—October 40-31
—November 48-78.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL254,1.10.1975,p.3.
(3)OJNoL30,5.2.1976,p.8.

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Article2 2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice,
thepricesforcucumbers,notproducedingreen­
houses,importedfromthirdcountriesshall,after
deductionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbythe
followingconversionfactors:
—from1Aprilto30September 1-30;
—from1Octoberto30November1-00.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission