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( 1 ) OJ NO L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 116 , 11 . 5 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 84 , 4 . 4 . 1979 P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1103/79

OF 5 JUNE 1979

FIXING THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR PEACHES FOR THE 1979 MARKETING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 OF 18 MAY 1972 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 912/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 27 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 , REFERENCE PRICES VALID FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ARE TO BE FIXED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS PEACHES ARE PRODUCED IN SUCH QUANTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REFERENCE PRICES SHOULD BE FIXED FOR THEM ;

WHEREAS PEACHES HARVESTED DURING A GIVEN CROP YEAR ARE MARKETED FROM MAY TO OCTOBER ; WHEREAS THE QUANTITIES HARVESTED IN MAY , DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF JUNE AND IN OCTOBER ARE SO SMALL THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO FIX REFERENCE PRICES FOR THESE PERIODS ; WHEREAS REFERENCE PRICES SHOULD BE FIXED ONLY FOR THE PERIOD FROM 11 JUNE UP TO AND INCLUDING 30 SEPTEMBER ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 , THE REFERENCE PRICES ARE FIXED ON THE BASES OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF PRODUCER PRICES IN EACH MEMBER STATE PLUS AN AMOUNT REPRESENTING THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTING COMMUNITY PRODUCTS FROM THE PRODUCTION AREAS TO COMMUNITY MARKETING CENTRES ; WHEREAS THE TREND OF PRODUCTION COSTS IN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SECTOR MUST ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ;

WHEREAS , TO TAKE SEASONAL VARIATIONS INTO ACCOUNT , THE YEAR SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL PERIODS AND A REFERENCE PRICE FIXED FOR EACH OF THESE PERIODS ;

WHEREAS PRODUCER PRICES ARE TO CORRESPOND TO THE AVERAGE OF THE PRICES RECORDED ON THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET OR MARKETS SITUATED IN THE PRODUCTION AREAS WHERE PRICES ARE LOWEST , DURING THE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE REFERENCE PRICE IS FIXED , FOR A HOME-GROWN PRODUCT WITH DEFINED COMMERCIAL CHARACTERISTICS , BEING A PRODUCT OR VARIETY REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE PRODUCTION MARKETED OVER THE YEAR OR OVER PART THEREOF AND SATISFYING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS AS REGARDS MARKET PREPARATION ; WHEREAS , WHEN THE AVERAGE OF PRICES RECORDED ON EACH REPRESENTATIVE MARKET IS BEING CALCULATED , PRICES WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY HIGH OR EXCESSIVELY LOW IN RELATION TO NORMAL PRICE FLUCTUATIONS ON THAT MARKET ARE TO BE DISREGARDED ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 652/79 ( 3 ) LAID DOWN THE COEFFICIENT FOR EXPRESSING AMOUNTS , FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , IN ECU ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1979 MARKETING YEAR , THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR PEACHES ( SUBHEADING 08.07 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ), EXPRESSED IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET OF PACKED PRODUCTS OF CLASS I , OF ALL SIZES , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

- JUNE ( 11 TO 20):54.92 , ( 21 TO 30):49.99 , - JULY:47.74 , - AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER:45.12 . ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 11 JUNE 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT