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NoL133/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.6.72
REGULATION (EEC)No1215/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of9June1972
fixingreferencepricesforpeaches
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
establishingthe HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;thereforedirectlycomparabletothearithmeticmean
ofproducerprices;whereasthereisconsequentlyno
needtoincreasethelatterbytheamountreferredto
above;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatproducerpricesineach
MemberStatemustcorrespondtotheaverageof
quotationsrecordedduringthethreeyearspreceding
thefixingofthereferencepriceontherepresentative
marketormarketssituatedi'ntheproductionareas
wherepricesarelowest;whereasArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1291/70providesthatthe
quotationsusedforthepurposesofthiscalculation
mustrelatetopackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades,thecostofpackingbeingincludedinthe
quotations;whereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72laysdownthatonlyquotations
recordedforproductsorvarietieswhichrepresenta
considerableproportionofmarketedproductionfor
partoftheyearorthroughoutthewholeyearshould
betakenintoaccount;
WhereasArticle23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatwhentheaverageof
quotationsoneachrepresentative marketisbeing
calculatedquotationswhichseemexcessivelyhighor
excessivelylowinrelationtonormalprice
fluctuationsonthatmarketmustbeexcluded;
Whereasinordertotakeseasonalfluctuationsinto
accountthemarketingyearshouldbesubdividedinto
anumberofperiodsandareferencepricefixedfor
eachofthoseperiods;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
VegetableshasnotdeliveredanOpinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitsChairman;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/721of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
andinparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72andArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1291/702of1July1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatArticle
providethatreferencepricesvalidforthewhole
Communitymustbefixedeachyearbeforethe
beginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereas,giventheextentofpeachproductionwithin
theCommunity,areferencepricemustbefixedfor.
thatproduct;
Whereasthereferencepriceforahome-grown
productwithgivencommercialspecifications isequal
tothearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineach
MemberState,increasedbyanamountcalculatedon
thebasisofmarketingcostswithaviewtoenabling
thereferencepriceandpricesofproductsimported
fromthirdcountriestobecomparedatthesame
marketingstage;whereasArticle1(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1291/70providesthatthequotationstobe
takenintoconsiderationwhenproducerpricesare
beingdeterminedmustrelateeithertothe'ex
producergroup'marketingstageortoanyother
comparablemarketingstage;whereasthefirst
subparagraphofArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72providesthatentrypricesforimported
productsmustbecalculatedat,orconvertedto,the
import/wholesalestage;whereasthesepricesareHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10;Thereferencepricesforpeaches(subheadingNo
08.07BoftheCommonCustomsTariff),expressed

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Article2 inunitsofaccountper100kgnet,areherebyfixed
asfollowsforpackedClassIproductsofallsize
grades:
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil30April
1973.Junefirsttendays—
secondtendays28-2
thirdtendays25-4
July 21-9
August 20-4
September is-9
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9June1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT