OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 395
NoL106/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.5.72
REGULATION (EEC)No923/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of2May1972
fixingthebasicpriceandthepurchasepriceofcauliflowers
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,—inJune:
BelgiumandtheGermanproductionregionof
Siidbaden;
—inJuly:
theGermanproductionregionsofSiidbadenand
FrankenandtheFrenchproductionregionof
NordandPas-de-Calais :
—inAugust:
Belgium,theGermanproductionregionsof
SiidbadenandFrankenandtheFrench
productionregionofNordandPas-de-Calais ;
—inSeptember :
BelgiumandtheFrenchproductionregionof
NordandPas-de-Calais ;
—inOctober:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
159/66/EEC1of25October1966layingdown
additionalprovisionsonthecommonorganizationof
themarketinfruitandvegetables,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1425/71,2andinparticular
Articles4and14thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastherearesuccessiveharvestsofcauliflowers
spreadovertheperiodfromMaytoAprilofthe
followingyear;
Whereascauliflowersaremarketedinvariousforms
ofpresentationandwhereas,forthatreason,
differentquotationsarerecordedonthemarket;
whereas,accordingtotheperiodinquestion,ClassI
cauliflowers'withleaves'or'trimmed'aresufficiently
representative ;whereas,therefore,theseformsof
presentationandthisqualityclassshouldbeselected
forapplicationoftheinterventionsystem;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountseasonal
variationsincauliflowerprices,themarketingyear
shouldbesplitintoseveralperiodsandabasicprice
andapurchasepricefixedforeachperiod;
Whereasthesurplusproductionareastobetaken
intoaccountwhendeterminingthebasicprice,as
providedinArticle4(2)ofRegulationNo
159/66/EEC,are:Belgium,theGermanproductionregionsof
Siidbaden,Pfalz,NordrheinandFrankenandthe
Netherlands ;
—inNovember :
theFrenchproductionregionsofBouches-du­
RhoneandIlle-et-Vilaine andtheItalian'
productionregionsoftheprovincesofAncona,
PisaandAscoliPiceno;
—inDecember :
theFrenchproductionregionofBouches-du­
RhoneandtheItalianproductionregionsofthe
provincesofAncona,Pisa,NapoliandAscoli
Piceno;
—inJanuaryandFebruary:
theFrenchproductionregionofNord-Finistere
andtheItalianproductionregionsofthe
provincesofNapoli,PisaandAscoliPiceno; —inMay:
theFrenchproductionregionofNord-Finistere ;—inMarch:
theFrenchproductionregionofNord-Finistere
andtheItalianproductionregionsofthe
provincesofNapoli,Pisa,AscoliPicenoand
Pesaro;1OJNo192,27.10.1966,p.3286/66.
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—inApril:
theItalianproductionregionoftheprovinceof
Pesaro;BasicpricePurchaseprice
November 7-2 2-9
December 6-7 3-0
January 6-6 2-9
February 6-0 2-4
March 6-9 3-0
April 4-4 3-0WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulationNo159/66/EEC
providesthatthepurchasepricemustbefixedata
levelbetween40and45%ofthebasicpricewhichis
calculatedonthebasisofquotationsforthethree
marketingyearsprecedingthefixingofthatprice;
whereas,becauseofdisturbancesrecordedonthe
cauliflowermarketduringAprilofthelastthree
marketingyears,applicationofthatrulewouldresult
inthepurchasepriceforAprilofthisyearbeing
fixedatanappreciablylowerlevelthanwaspreviously
fixedforthatmonth;whereas,however,efforts
shouldbemadetostabilizepricesonthismarketata
levelnotlowerthanthatoftheprecedingmarketing
year;whereas,therefore,inpursuanceofArticle14
ofRegulationNo159/66/EEC,pricesforthemonth
inquestionshouldbefixedatalevelhigherthan
45%ofthebasicprice;2.Pricesquotedinparagraph 1refertopacked
ClassIcauliflowers :
—'withleaves',forthemonthsofMay,November,
December,January,February,MarchandApril,
and
—'trimmed',forthemonthsofJune,July,August,
SeptemberandOctober.
Article2
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1PricesreferredtoinArticle1(1)donotincludethe
costofthepackaginginwhichtheproductis
presented.
Whereallorpartofthecostofthepackagingin
whichtheproduceispresentedisincludedinthe
quotationsrecordedforaproductonthe
representative marketsasprovidedbyArticle5of
RegulationNo159/66/EEC,thosequotationsshall
bereducedbythecostofpackagingincludedtherein.1.Fortheperiodfrom1May1972to30April
1973thebasicpriceandthepurchasepriceof
cauliflowersfallingwithinsubheadingNo07.01BI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnet,shallbeasfollows:
Article3
Thecommunications providedforinArticle5(1)of
RegulationNo159/66/EECshallrelatetothe
quotationsrecorded,excludingpackaging.BasicpricePurchaseprice
May 8-1 3-4
June 10-5 4-2
July 8-0 3-4
August 8-2 3-4
September 9-1 3-7
October 10-4 4-3Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1972.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2May1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN