72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
17.5.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL115/37
REGULATION (EEC)No1006/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of16May1972
fixingreferencepricesforcherries
WhereasthesecondsubparagraphofArticle11(2)of
RegulationNo23providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemberStatemustcorrespondtotheaverageofquota­
tionsrecordedduringthethreeyearsprecedingthefixing
ofthereferencepriceontherepresentative marketOr
marketssituatedintheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowest;whereasArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1291/70providesthatthequotationsusedforthepur­
posesofthiscalculationmustrelatetqClasfcIproduce
ofallsizegradesputupinpackages,thecostofthepack­
agebeingincludedinsuchquotations;whereasthese­
condsubparagraph ofArticle11(2)ofRegulationNo
23prescribesthatonlyquotationsforproductsorvarie­
tieswhichrepresentaconsiderableproportionofmar­
ketedproductionforpartoftheyearoralltheyear'
roundshouldbetakenintoaccount;
WhereasthethirdsubparagraphofArticle11(2)of
RegulationNo23providesthat,whentheaverageof
quotationsoneachrepresentative marketisbeingcalcu­
lated,quotationswhichseemexcessivelyhighorexces­
sivelylowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketmustbeexcluded;
Whereasinordertotakeseasonalpricefluctuationsinto
accountthemarketingyearshouldbesubdividedintoa
numberofperiodsandareferencepricefixedforeachof
theseperiods;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoRegulationNo231ontheprogressive
establishment ofacommonorganizationofthemarket
infruitandvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2727/712,andinparticularArticle11(2)
thereof;
WhereasthefirstsubparagraphofArticle11(2)ofRe­
gulationNo23andArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1291/703of1July1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatArticleprovide
thatreferencepricesvalidforthewholeCommunity
mustbefixedeachyearbeforethebeginningofthemar­
ketingyear;
»Whereas,giventheextentofcherryproductioninthe
Community ,areferencepricemustbefixedforthat
product;
Whereasthereferencepriceforahome-grownproduct
withgivencommercialspecifications isequaltothe
arithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineachMemberState,
increasedbyanamountcalculatedonthebasisofmar­
ketingcostswithaviewtoenablingthereferenceprice
andpricesofproductsimportedfromthirdcountriesto
becomparedatthesamemarketingstage;whereasArti­
cle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1291/70providesthat
thequotationstobetakenintoconsideration whenpro­
ducerpricesarebeingdeterminedmustrelateeitherto
the'exproducergroup'marketingstageortoanother
comparablemarketingstage;whereasthesixthsubpara­
graphofArticle11(2)ofRegulationNo23provides
thatentrypricesforimportedproductsmustbecalcul­
atedat,orconverted .to,theimportwholesalestage;
whereasthesepricesarethereforedirectlycomparableto
thearithmeticmeanofproducerprices;whereasthereis
consequently noneedtoincreasethelatterbythe
amountreferredtoabove;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thereferencepricesforcherries(headingNo08.07Cof
theCommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofac­
countper100kgnetweight,shallbeasfollowsforClass
Iproduceofallsize-gradesputupinpackages:
May(11to31inclusive) 41»8
34»9
33-4
25»3June
July
August
Article2
1OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.965/62.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollow­
ingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil30April1973.2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.8.
3OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirelyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,16May1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT