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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of ... 
fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for certain fruit and vegetables to be applied in 
Portugal from 1 January 1991 until the end of the 1990/91 marketing year 
(90/C 297/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, Accession; whereas, pursuant to Article 285 (1) (a), the 
prices to be applied in that Member State should be fixed 
from 1 January 1991 until the end of the 1990/91 
marketing year at the level of the prices fixed at the end of 
the first stage, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 
18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market 
in fruit and vegetables (*), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 1193/90 (2), and in particular Article 16 
thereof, lays down general rules for fixing basic prices and 
buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables; whereas those 
provisions apply in Portugal from the beginning of the 
second stage of accession, subject to the rules on the 
alignment of prices pursuant to Article 285 of the Act of Article 1 
The basic prices and buying-in prices for fruit and 
vegetables to be applied in Portugal from 1 January 1991 
until the end of the 1990/91 marketing year, the periods 
during which they apply and the quality classes to which 
they apply shall be as laid down in the Annex. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council 
(!) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. 
(2) OJNoL 119, 11.5. 1990, p. 43. 
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ANNEX 
BASIC PRICES AND BUYING-IN PRICES 
CAULIFLOWERS 
For the period 1 January to 30 April 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January 
February 
March 
April Basic price 
25,76 
23,76 
25,20 
25,56 Buying-in price 
11,15 
10,25 
10,79 
11,15 
These prices refer to packed 'trimmed' cauliflowers of quality Class I. 
LEMONS 
For the period 1 January to 31 May 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May Basic price 
23,23 
21,97 
23,36 
25,01 
25,89 Buying-in price 
13,49 
12,86 
13,49 
14,50 
15,01 
These prices refer to packed lemons of quality Class I, size 53 to 62 mm. 
PEARS 
(other than perry pears) 
For the period 1 January to 30 April 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January to April Basic price 
18,89 Buying-in price 
10,02 
These prices refer to the following packed products: 
— pears of the Beurre Hardy, Bon Chretien Williams, Conference, Coscia (Ercolini), Crystallis (Beurr6 
Napoleon, Blanquilla, Tsakonia) and Dr Jules Guyot (Limonera) varieties, quality Class I, size 60 mm or 
more, 
— pears of the Empereur Alexandre (Kaiser Alexandre Bosc) variety, quality Class I, size 70 mm or more. 
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APPLES 
(other than cider apples) 
For the period 1 January to 31 May 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January to May Basic price 
25,75 Buying-in price 
13,07 
These prices refer to the following packed products: 
— apples of the Reine des reinettes and Verde Doncella varieties, quality Class I, size 65 mm or more, 
— apples of the Delicious Pilafa, Golden Delicious, James Grieve, Red Delicious, Reinette grise du Canada and 
Starking Delicious varieties, quality Class I, size 70 mm or more. 
MANDARINS 
For the period 1 January to 28 February 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January 
February Basic price 
36,07 
34,41 Buying-in price 
22,37 
21,86 
These prices refer to packed mandarins of quality Class I, size 54 to 69 mm. 
SATSUMAS 
For the period 1 to 15 January 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
1 to 15 January Basic price 
26,56 Buying-in price 
12,08 
These prices refer to packed satsumas Unshiu (owari) of quality Class I, size 54 to 69 mm. 
CLEMENTINES 
For the period 1 January to 15 February 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January 
1 to 15 February Basic price 
31,66 
36,42 Buying-in price 
17,43 
18,18 
These prices refer to packed Clementines (Citrus reticulata Blanco) of quality Class I, size 43 to 60 mm. 
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SWEET ORANGES 
For the period 1 January to 31 May 1991 
(ECU/100 kg net) 
January 
February 
March 
April and May Basic price 
24,64 
25,26 
27,17 
27,80 Buying-in price 
16,02 
16,42 
16,83 
17,08 
These prices refer to packed oranges of the Moro, Navel, Navellina, Salustiana, Sanguinello and Valencia late 
varieties, of quality Class I, size 67 to 80 mm. 
NB: The prices given in this Annex do not include the cost of the packaging in which the product is 
presented.