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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1050/77
of18May1977
fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesuntiltheendofthe1977marketingyear
marketormarketssituatedintheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest,duringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateonwhichthereferencepriceisfixed,fora
home-grownproductwithdefinedcommercialcharac­
teristics,beingaproductorvarietyrepresenting a
substantialproportionoftheproductionmarketed
overtheyearoroverpartthereofandsatisfyingspeci­
fiedrequirements asregardsmarketpreparation;
whereaswhentheaverageofpricesrecordedoneach
representativemarketisbeingcalculatedpriceswhich
couldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
Whereas,upto10July,Communityproducedtoma­
toesaregrownmainlyunderglass;whereastherefer­
encepricesforthisperiodofthemarketingyearmust
thereforebefixedforaproductofthattype;whereas
tomatoesimportedfromcertainthirdcountriesduring
thesameperiodwillhavebeengrownintheopen;
whereasalthoughsuchtomatoesmaybeclassedin
ClassI,theirqualityandpricearenotcomparable
withthoseofproductsgrownunderglass;whereas
thepricesfortomatoesnotgrownunderglassshould
thereforebeadjustedbyaconversionfactor;
Whereas,fromOctobertoDecemberinclusive,toma­
toesimportedfromcertainthirdcountriesareculti­
vatedunderglass;whereasaconversionfactorshould
alsobeappliedtothepricesofthesetomatoesto
makethemcomparablewiththereferenceprices
whichareduringthisperiodcalculatedonthebasisof
pricesofCommunityproductscultivatedintheopen;
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,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72referencepricesvalidforthewholeCommu­
nityaretobefixedatthebeginningofthemarketing
year;
Whereastomatoesareproducedinsuchquantitiesin
theCommunitythatreferencepricesshouldbefixed
forthem;
Whereastomatoesharvestedduringagivencropyear
aremarketedfromJanuarytoDecember;whereasfor
thepresentmarketingyearthereferencepriceshave
respectivelybeenfixedupto31MaybyRegulations
(EEC)No608/77of23March1977(3),and(EEC)No
859/77of27April1977(4);whereastheinformation
nowavailableallowsthesepricestobefixeduptothe
endofthemarketingyear;whereasthelowquantities
whichareharvestedduringthelast10daysof
Decemberrepresentonlyasmallpercentageofthe
tonnagewhichismarketedthroughoutthemarketing
year;whereasthatperiodshouldnotthereforebe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72thereferencepricesarefixedon
thebasesofthearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesin
eachMemberStateplusanamountrepresentingthe
costsoftransportingCommunityproductsfrom
productionareastoCommunitymarketingcentres;
whereasthetrendofaveragebasicpricesand
buying-inpricesmustalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,totakeseasonalvariationsintoaccount,the
yearshouldbedividedintoseveralperiodsandarefer­
encepricefixedforeachoftheseperiods;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1977marketingyear,thereferenceprice
fortomatoes(subheading07.01MoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJSeepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(»)OJNoL76,24.3.1977,p.22.
(«)OJNoL104,28.4.1977,p.30.

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kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofClassI,ofall
sizes,shallbeasfollows:
—1Juneto10July: 55.23,
—11Julyto31August: 18.76,
—September : 20.46,
—1Octoberto20December : 23.33.
2.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice:
(a)thepricesfortomatoesnotproducedunderglass,
importedfromthirdcountries,shall,afterdeduc­tionofcustomsduties,bemultiplied,byaconver­
sionfactorof1-80from1Juneto10July;
(b)thepricefortomatoesproducedunderglassand
importedfromthirdcountriesshall,afterdeduc­
tionofcustomsduties,bemultipliedbyaconver­
sionfactorof0.55from1Octoberto20
December .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President