1.7.78 NoL179/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1532/78
of30June1978
fixing,forthe1978/79marketingyear,thereferencepricesforapples
teristicsbeingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentry
prices,thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesof
whichtheentrypricesaretobecomparedwiththe
pricesfixedforGroupsI,IIandIIIrespectively
shouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1154/78(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedbeforethebegin­
ningofeachmarketingyear;
Whereasapplesareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasapplesharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJulyofoneyeartoJuneofthe
followingyear;whereasreferencepricesshouldthere­
forebefixedfortheperiodfrom1Julyuptoand
including30Juneofthefollowingyear;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofproductioncostsinthefruitand
vegetablessectormustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereassincethevarietiesofapplesarenotall
comparableasregardsestimationoftheircommercial
value,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedinthree
groups;
Whereastotakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharacArticle1
1.Forthe1978/79marketingyear,thereference
pricesforapples,otherthanciderapples(subheading
ex08.06AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff),
expressedinunitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetof
packedproductsofClassI,ofallsizes,forthevariety
GroupsI,IIandIIIshallbeasfollows:
GroupI,GroupIIGroup1
July 22-87 — —
August 19-37 — —
September 20-85 19-23 11-97
October 20-97 17-76 12-51
November 21-92 16-68 12-66
December 22-60 16-94 12-92
January 2406 17-35 13-31
February 25-01 18-83 14-54
March 27-57 19-77 14-81
April 28-24
J20-7715-20
May 28-51 15-87
June 29-69 — —
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.2.Thevarietygroupsreferredtoinparagraph 1are
composedasfollows:

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GroupI:
YellowTransparent (Transparente jaune,Klarapfel),
JamesGrieve,Gravensteiner ,GoldenDelicious,Cox's
orangepippin,StarkDelicious,Rougesaméricaines ,
IngridMarie,ReiretteduCanada,BelledeBoskoop,
Miller'sSeedling,Tydeman'searlyWorcester,
Worcesterpearmain,Weißwinterglockenapfel ,and
mutationsofthesevarieties;
GroupII:
ReinedesReinettes(Goldparmane ),Jonathan,Impera­
tore(Morgenduft),Grenadier,LordDerby,Lord
Lamtourne ,andmutationsofthesevarieties;
GroupIII:
Abbondanza (Belfort),Horneburger ,Finkenwerder ,
Bramley'sSeedling,andmutationsofthesevarieties.
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsaretobe
compared :
(a)withpricesfixedforGroupI,wheretheimported
productsbelongtooneofthefollowingvarieties:
GoldenDelicious,RedDelicious,Richared,Stark
Delicious,Starking,Starkrimson ,YellowTrans­
parent(Transparente jaune),JamesGrieve,Belle
deBoskoop,StaymanWinesap,Staymanred,
BlackWinesap,GrannySmith,Dunn'sSeedling,
KingCole,Cleopatra,Democrat,YellowNewton,
Crofton,IngridMarie,Sturmer,Laxton'ssuperb,Scarletpearmain,Whitewinterpearmain,
GeevestonFanny,Tydeman'searlyWorcester,
Benoni,Starkearliest,Winston,Reinettedu
Canada,Berlepsch,Annurca,Lodi,Gravensteiner ,
Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpearmain,Weißwinter­
glockenapfel ,Cortland,Spartan,RedMacintosh,
variousvarietiesofCox'sotherthanCox's
pomona,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties;
(b)withthepricesfixedforGroupII,wherethe
importedproductsbelongtoavarietyotherthan
thosesetoutin(a)and(c);
(c)withthepricesfixedforGroupIII,wherethe
importedproductbelongstooneofthefollowing
varieties:Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,
Brettacher,Horneburger ,KrügersDickstiel,
Kirchenwerder ,Finkenweder ,WinterBanana,
Limoncella ,Commercio ,Reinetteclochard,
Ontario,ReinetteduMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bram­
ley'sSeedling(TriomphedeKiel),Pella,Cox's
pomona,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties.
Anyamendmentstotheprecedingsubparagraphshall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurein
Article33ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72byrefer­
encetothechangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President