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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No823/78
of25April1978
fixingthereferencepriceforcucumbersforthemonthofMay1978
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representative marketisbeingcalculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasduringthemonthofMayCommunity­
producedcucumbersaregrownmainlyunderglass;
whereasthereferencepriceforthismonthmustthere­
forebefixedforaproductofthattype;whereas
cucumbersimportedfromcertainthirdcountrieswill
havebeengrownintheopen;whereas,althoughsuch
cucumbersmaybeclassedinClassI,theirqualityand
pricearenotcomparablewiththoseofproducts
grownunderglass;whereasthepriceforcucumbers
notgrownunderglassshouldthereforebeadjustedby
aconversionfactor;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereascucumbersareproducedinsuchquantities
intheCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbe
fixedforthem;
Whereascucumbersharvestedduringagivencrop
yeararemarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;
whereas,forthepresentmarketingyear,thereference
priceshavealreadybeenfixedupto30AprilbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No244/78of6February1978(3);
whereaswiththeinformationcurrentlyavailableitis
notpossibletofixreferencepricesbeyondthemonth
ofMay;whereasreferencepricesshouldthereforebe
fixedonlyforthatmonth;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasisofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfromthe
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying­
inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ForthemonthofMay1978,thereferenceprice
forcucumbers (subheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsof
ClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:41-83.
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices,the
pricesforcucumbersnotproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduction
ofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbyaconversion
factorof1-30.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1978.(>)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(})OJNoL37,7.2.1978,p.11.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President