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of25July1974
fixingthereferencepricesforapplesforthe1974/75marketingyear
fortheproductsorvarietieswhichrepresentaconsid­
erableproportionofproductionmarketedthroughout
theyearorduringpartofit,andwhichsatisfyspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthe
marketshouldbedisregarded ;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesaretobecomparedtothepricesfixed
forGroupIandtothosefixedforGroupIIand
GroupIIIrespectivelyshouldbespecified;
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;
WhereasunderArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedeachyear,beforethebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereasapplesareproducedinsuchquantitiesinthe
Communitythatareferencepriceshouldbefixedfor
them;
Whereasapplesharvestedduringagivencropyearare
marketedfromJulytoJuneofthenextyear;whereas
referencepricesshouldbefixedfortheperiodfrom1
Julyto30Juneofthenextyear;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesaretobeequalto
thearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromtheproduc­
tionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereas
thetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
shouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofapplesarenotall
comparableasregardstheestimationoftheircommer­
cialvalue,thesevarietiesshouldbeclassifiedinthree
groups;
Whereastotakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
marketingyearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiods
andareferencepriceforeachofthoseperiods;
Whereastheproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averagesofthepricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
priortothedateoffixingofthereferencepricefora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristicsontherepresentative marketormarketssitu­
atedintheproductionareaswherepricesarelowest,Article1
1.Forthe1974/75marketingyearthereference
pricesforapplesotherthanciderapples(subheading
ex08.06AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff),
expressedinunitsofaccountper100kgnetof
packedproductsofClassIofallsizes,shallbeas
followsforeachofthegroupsofvarieties:
GroupIGroupIIGroupIII
July 17-.1 — —
August 14-5 — —
September 15-6 14-4 9-0
October 15-7 13-3 9-4
November 16-4 12-5 9-5
December 16-9 12-7 9-7
January 18-0 13010-0
February 18-7 14-1 10-9
March 20-6 14-8 11-1
April 21-1)
16-311-4
May 21-3\ 11-9
June 23-8 — —
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(-)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph 1
arecomposedofthefollowingvarieties:

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GroupI:
YellowTransparant (Transparante 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)tothepricesfixedforGroupI,wheretheimported
productsbelongtothefollowingvarieties:Golden
Delicious,RedDelicious,Richared,StarkDeli­
cious,Starking,Starkrimson ,YellowTransparant
(Transparante jaune),JamesGrieve,Bellede
Boskoop,StaymanWinesap,Staymanred ,Black
Winesap,GrannySmith,Dunn'sSeedling,King
Cole,Cleopatra,Democrat,YellowNewton,
Crofton,IngridMarie,Sturmer,Laxton'ssuperb,
Scarletpearmain,Whitewinterpearmain,GeevestonFanny,TydemansearlyWorcester,
Benoni,Starkearlist,Winston,Reinettedu
Canada,Berlepsch,Annurca,Lodi,Gravensteiner ,
Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpearmain,Weißwinter­
glockenapfel ,Cortland,Spartan,RedMacIntosh,
variousvarietiesofCox'sotherthanCox's
pomona,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties;
(b)tothepricesfixedforGroupII,wherethe
importedproductsbelongtovarietiesotherthan
thoseshownin(a)and(c);
(c)tothepricesfixedforGroupIII,wherethe
importedproductsbelongtothefollowingvarie­
ties:Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,Brett­
acher,Horneburger ,KrügersDickstiel,Kirchen­
werder,Finkenwerder ,WinterBanana,Limoncella ,
Commercio ,Reinetteclochard,Ontario,Reinette
duMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bramley'sSeedling
(TriomphedeKiel),Pella,Cox'spomona.
Anyamendmentstotheprecedingsubparagraphshall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurein
Article33ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72in
keepingwithchangesinthevarietiesimportedfrom
thirdcountries .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI