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REGULATION (EEC)No1243/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of16May1974
fixingthereferencepricesforplumsforthe1974marketingyear
erableproportionofproductionmarketedthroughout
theyearorduringpartofit,andwhichsatisfyspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthe
marketshouldbedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedtothepricesfixed
forGroupIandtothosefixedforGroupIIrespec­
tivelyshouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(!)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedeachyear,beforethebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereasplumsareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatareferencepriceshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasplumsharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJunetoOctober;whereasthequanti­
tiesharvestedduringthefirst10daysofJuneand
duringthelast10daysofOctoberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthat
period;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfrom11Juneto20October;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesaretobeequalto
thearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromtheproduc­
tionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereas
thetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
shouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofplumsarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedintwo
groups;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
marketingyearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiods
andareferencepricefixedforeachofthoseperiods;
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averagesofthepricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
priortothedateoffixingofthereferencepricefora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristicsontherepresentative marketormarketssitu­
atedintheproductionareaswherepricesarelowest,
fortheproductsorvarietieswhichrepresentaconsidArticle1
1.Forthe1974marketingyearthereferenceprices
forplums(subheadingNo08.07DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100
kgnetofpackedproductsofClassIandIIofallsizes,
shallbeasfollowsforeachofthegroupsofvarieties:
GroupIGroupII
from11Juneto31July:
August:
September :
October(1to20):26-0
24-4
21-019-9
16-5
15-6
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph 1
shallbecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:
GroupI:
Altessedouble(Italianquetsche),Precocefavourite,
BelledeLouvain,Conducta,EarlyRivers,Kirk'sBlue,
JeffersonGage,Lützelsachser (earlyLützelsachsen
quetsche),AnnaSpath,Ersinger(earlyErsingen
quetsche),Zimmers(Zimmerquetsche),Bühler(early
Bühlquetsche),Burbank,Florentia,Gocciad'oro,
ReineClaude,Czar,Victorias,PurplePershore,
Damsons .
GroupII:
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
ReineClauded'Oullins,Sveskeblommer ,RuthGert­
stetter,Ontario,Pershore(yellowegg).(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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Amendments totheprovisionsoftheprecedingsub­
paragraphshallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedureinArticle33ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,inkeepingwithchangesinthevarieties
importedfromthirdcountries.3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)tothepricesfixedforGroupIwheretheimported
productsbelongtovarietiesotherthanthose
shownin(b);
(b)tothepricesfixedforGroupIIwherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetschge),ReineClauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(yellowegg),Mirabelle,Bosniche.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.'
DoneatBrussels,16May1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI