NoL165/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.6.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1476/76
of24June1976
fixingforthemarketingyear1976/77thereferencepricesforapples
teristicsbeingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentry
prices,thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesof
whichtheentrypricesaretobecomparedwiththe
pricesfixedforGroupsI,IIandIIIrespectively
shouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedbeforethebegin­
ningofeachmarketingyear;
Whereasapplesareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasapplesharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJulyofoneyeartoJuneofthe
followingyear;whereasreferencepricesshouldthere­
forebefixedfortheperiodfrom1Julyuptoand
including30Juneofthefollowingyear;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesandthe
buying-inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereassincethevarietiesofapplesarenotall
comparableasregardsestimationoftheircommercial
value,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedinthree
groups;
Whereastotakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharacArticlei
1.Forthemarketingyear1976/77,thereference
pricesforapples,otherthanciderapples(subheading
ex08.06AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff),
expressedinunitsofaccountper100kilogrammes
netofpackedproductsofClassI,ofallsizes,forthe
varietyGroupsI,IIandIIIshallbeasfollows:
Group/Group//GroupIII
July 20.91 — —
August 17.72 — —
September 1906 17.59 10.98
October 1918 16.25 11.47
November 20.04 15.27 11.60
December 20.66 15.51 11.84
January 22.00 15.88 12.20
February 22.86 17.23 13.31
March 25.19 18.08 13.56
April 25.80)19.3113.92
May 2604\ 14.53
June 27.12 — —
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1
-')OJNoL9.?,8.4.1976,p.6.2.Thevarietygroupsreferredtoinparagraph 1are
composedasfollows:

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GroupI:
YellowTransparent (Transparente jaune,Klarapfel),
JamesGrieve,Gravensteiner ,GoldenDelicious,Cox's
orangepippin,StarkDelicious,rougesaméricaines ,
IngridMarie,ReinetteduCanada,BelledeBoskoop,
Miller'sSeedling,TydemansearlyWorcester,
Worcesterpearmain,Weißwinterglockenapfel ,and
mutationsofthesevarieties;
GroupII:
ReinedesReinettes(Goldparmane ),Jonathan,Impera­
tore(Morgenduft),Grenadier,LordDerby,Lord
Lambourne ,andmutationsofthesevarieties;
GroupIII:
Abbondanza (Belfort),Horneburger ,Finkenwerder ,
Bramley'sSeedling,andmutationsofthesevarieties.
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)withthepricesfixedforGroupI,wherethe
importedproductsbelongtooneofthefollowing
varieties :GoldenDelicious,RedDelicious,
Richared,StarkDelicious,Starking,Starkrimson ,
Yellowtransparent (Transparente jaune),James
Grieve,BelledeBoskoop,StaymanWinesap,
Staymanred,BlackWinesap,GrannySmith,
Dunn'sSeedling,KingCole,Cleopatra,Democrat,
YellowNewton,Crofton,IngridMarie,Sturmer,
Laxton'ssuperb,Scarletpearmain,Whitewinterpearmain,GeevestonFanny,Tydemansearly
Worcester ,Benoni,Starkearliest,Winston,
ReinetteduCanada,Berlepsch,Annurca,Lodi,
Gravensteiner ,Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpear­
main,Weißwinterglockenapfel ,Cortland,Spartan,
RedMacintosh,variousvarietiesofCox'sother
thanCox'spomona,andmutationsoftheabove
varieties;
(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupII,wherethe
importedproductsbelongtoavarietyotherthan
thosesetoutin(a)and(c);
(c)withthepricesfixedforGroupIII,wherethe
importedproductbelongstooneofthefollowing
varieties:Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,
Brettacher,Horneburger ,KrügersDickstiel,
Kirchenwerder ,Finkenwerder ,WinterBanana,
Limoncella ,Commercio ,Reinetteclochard,
Ontario,ReinetteduMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bram­
ley'sSeedling(TriomphedeKiel),Pella,Cox's
pomona,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties.
Anyamendmentstotheprecedingsubparagraph shall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurein
Article33ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72byrefer­
encetothechangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24June1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission