NoL79/59 28.3.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No840/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of26March1975
fixingforthe1975marketingyearthereferencepricesfortomatoes
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecorded6ntherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation ;
whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeing*calculated,priceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(')of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
474/75(3)of27February1975fixingthebasicprices
andbuying-inpricesforfruitandvegetablesforthe
1975/76marketingyearandderogatingforthis
marketingyearfromArticle23ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72asregardscertainreferenceprices,andin
particularArticle11thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72,referencepricesvalidforthe
wholeCommunityaretobefixedatthebeginningof
themarketingyear;
Whereastomatoesareproducedinsuchquantities,in
theCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereastomatoesharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJanuarytoDecember ;whereasthe
quantitiesharvestedfromJanuarytoMarchand
duringthelast10daysofDecemberaresosmallthat
thereisnoneedtofixreferencepricesforthewhole
year;whereasreferencepricesshouldbefixedonly
fortheperiodfromthebeginningofApriluptoand
including20December ;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesaretobeequal
tothearithmeticmeanof!producerpricesineach
MemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthecosts
oftransportingCommunityproductsfromtheproduc­
tionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;whereas
thetrendofaveragebasicpricesandbuying-inprices
mustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the-
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;Whereasupto10JulyCommunity-produced toma­
toesaregrownmainlyunderglass;whereastherefer­
encepricesforthefirstpartofthemarketingyear
mustthereforebefixedforaproductofthattype;
whereas,takingintoaccounttheincreaseinproduc­
tioncostsconsequentprincipallyuponhigherfuel
costs,thereisreasontoprovideforthisperiodanaddi­
tionalincreaseinthereference *price;whereastoma­
toesimportedfromcertainthirdcountrieswillhave
beengrownintheopen;whereas,althoughsuch
tomatoesmaybeclassedinClassI,theirqualityand
pricearenotcomparablewiththoseofproducts
grownunderglass;whereasthepricesfortomatoes
notgrownunderglassshouldthereforebeadjustedby
aconversionfactor;
Whereas,fromOctobertoDecemberinclusive,toma­
toesimportedfromcertainthirdcountrieswillhave
beencultivatedunderglass;whereasaconversion
factorshouldalsobeappliedtothepricesofthese
tomatoestomakethemcomparablewiththerefer­
encepricescalculatedduringthisperiodonthebasis
ofpricesofCommunityproductscultivatedinthe
open;
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL292,28.12.1972,p.147.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables, (3)OJNoL52,28.2.1975,p.24.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1975marketingyear,thereference
pricesfortomatoes(subheading07.01Mofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetofpackedproductsofClassI,
ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice:
(a)thepricesfortomatoesnotproducedunderglass
andimportedfromthirdcountries,shall,after
deductionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedduring
theperiod1Aprilto10Julybyaconversion
factorof1-80.
(b)thepricefortomatoesproducedunderglassand
importedfromthirdcountriesshall,afterdeduc­
tionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedduringthe
period1Octoberto20Decemberbyaconversion
factorof0-55.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1975.—April:
—May:
—1Juneto10July:
—11Julyto31August:
—September :
—1Octoberto20December :89.95
67.38
49.17
16.69
18.21
20.77
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26March1975.
' FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission