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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3541/90
of7December 1990
fixingfortherestofthe1990/91marketingyeartheCommunityofferpricesfor
cabbagelettuceapplicablewithregardtoSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3709/89
of4December1989layingdowngeneralrulesforimple­
mentingtheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalas
regardsthecompensationmechanismonexportsoffruit
andvegetablesoriginatinginSpain('),andinparticular
Article4(1)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3815/89(2)
laysdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
compensationmechanismtoimportsoffruitandvege­
tablesfromSpain;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle152oftheActofAccession,
acompensation mechanismistobeintroducedon
importsintotheCommunity asconstitutedat31
December1985,hereinafterreferredtoasthe'Commu­
nityofTen',from1January1990,offruitandvegetables
fromSpainforwhichareferencepriceisfixedwith
regardtothirdcountries;whereas,Communityoffer
pricesforcabbagelettucecomingfromSpainshouldbe
fixedonlyduringtheperiodwherereferencepricesare
fixedwithregardtothirdcountries,thismeansfrom1
Novemberuptoandincluding31Mayofthefollowing
year;
Whereas,theCommunityofferpricesforcabbagelettuce
applicablewithregardtoSpainfortheperiod1
Novemberto31December1990werefixedbyCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No3126/90(3);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle152(2)(a)oftheAct
ofAccession,aCommunityofferpriceistobecalculated
annuallyonthebasisofthearithmeticmeanofthe
producerpricesineachMemberStateoftheCommunity
ofTen,plustransportandpackagingcostsincurredbythe
productsfromtheproductionregionstotherepresenta­
tiveconsumptioncentresoftheCommunityandbearing
inminddevelopmentsinthecostofproductioninthe
fruitandvegetablesector;whereastheabovementioned
producerpricescorrespondtotheaveragepricesrecordedduringthethreeyearsprecedingthedateoffixingofthe
Communityofferprice;whereas,however,theannual
Communityofferpricecannotexceedthereferenceprice
appliedforthirdcountries;
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountofseasonalvariationsin
prices,themarketingyearshouldbedividedintooneor
moreperiodsandaCommunityofferpriceshouldbe
fixedforeachofthem;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)No3709/89,theproducerpricestobeusedforthe
determination oftheCommunityofferpricearetobe
thoseofadomesticproductdefinedbyitscommercial
characteristics recordedontherepresentative marketor
marketslocatedintheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowestforproductsorvarietiesrepresentingaconsider­
ableproportionofproductionmarketedthroughoutthe
yearorduringapartofthelatterandwhichmeetQuality
ClassIrequirementsandconditionslaiddownasregards
packaging;whereastheaveragepriceforeachrepresenta­
tivemarketmustbeestablishedafterdisregardingprices
whichmaybeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowcomparedwiththenormalfluctuationsrecordedon
themarket;whereas,moreover,iftheaveragepricefora
MemberStateshowsexcessivevariationswithrespectof
normalpricefluctuations,itshallnotbetakeninto
account;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No784/90of29
March1990fixingthereducingcoefficientforagricultural
pricesinthe1990/91marketingyearasaresultofthe
monetaryrealignmentof5January1990andamending
thepricesandamountsfixedinecusforthatmarketing
year(4)establishesthelistofpricesandamountstowhich
thecoefficient1,001712isappliedintheframeworkof
thearrangements ontheautomaticdismantlement of
negativemonetarygaps;whereasthepricesandamounts
fixedinecusbytheCommissionforthe1990/91market­
ingyearmusttakeaccountoftheresultingreduction;
whereasthisreducingcoefficientshallapplytotheprices
referredtoabove;
Whereastheapplicationoftheabovementioned criteria
resultsinCommunityofferpricesbeingfixedforcabbage
lettuceapplicablewithregardtoSpainfortheperiod1
Januaryto31May1991atthelevelssetouthereinafter;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
(')OJNoL363,13.12.1989,p.3.0OJNoL371,20.12.1989,p.28.0OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.20. (4)OJNoL83,30.3.1990,p.102.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATIONper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollows:
1Januaryto28February1991:
1Marchto31May1991:75,60,
82,34.Article1
Fortherestofthe1990/91marketingyear,theCommu­
nityofferpricesforcabbagelettuce(CNcode07051110
and90)applicablewithregardtoSpain,expressedinecusArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission