Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apricots for June 1994 (94/C 162/07) COM(94) 189 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 19 May 1994)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular Article 16 (1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, a basic price and a buying-in price must be fixed for each marketing year for each of the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation; whereas the products harvested during a given crop year are marketed from January to December of each year in the case of tomatoes, from May to August of each year in the case of apricots, from May to October of each year in the case of cauliflowers, from May to April of the following year in the case of peaches and nectarines and from June to May of the following year in the case of lemons; whereas, however, in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, no basic price or buying-in price need be fixed for the slack marketing periods at the beginning and end of the marketing year;

Whereas, to ensure the continuity of cauliflower and lemon prices and the possibility of intervention in the case of peaches, nectarines and apricots from 1 June 1994 and in the case of tomatoes from 11 June 1994, the basic price and the buying-in price for these products must be fixed for the period 1 to 30 June 1994, pending a decision for the 1994/95 marketing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 to 30 June 1994, the basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, apricots and tomatoes expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net, shall be as follows:

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These prices refer respectively to:

- trimmed cauliflowers of quality Class I, put up in packaging,

- packed peaches of the Amsden, Cardinal, Charles Ingouf, Dixired, Jeronimo, J. H. Hale, Merril Gemfree, Michelini, Red Haven, San Lorenzo, Springcrest and Springtime varieties of quality Class I, size 61 to 67 mm,

- packed nectarines of the Armking, Crimsongold, Early Sun Grand, Fantasia, Independence, May Grand, Nectared, Snow Queen und Stark Red Gold varieties of quality Class I, size 61 to 67 mm,

- packed lemons of quality Class I, size 53 to 62 mm,

- packed apricots of quality Class I of a size over 30 mm,

- packed 'round` and 'ribbed` tomatoes of quality Class I, size 57 to 67 mm.

These prices do not include the cost of the packaging in which the product is presented.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1994.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26.

(3) Opinion delivered on 21 April 1994.