Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/92 of 29 October 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the Community offer price for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal
Date: 1992-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, leaf vegetable, offer price













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31992R3140

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/92 of 29 October 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the Community offer price for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal  


Official Journal L 313 , 30/10/1992 P. 0033 - 0034 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3140/92  of 29 October 1992  fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the Community offer price for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives applicable with regard to Spain and PortugalTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,  Having regard to Regulations (EEC) No 3709/89 (1) and No 3648/90 (2) laying down general rules for implementing the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as regards the compensation mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables originating respectively  in Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,  Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/90 (3), lays down detailed rules for the application of the compensation mechanism to imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain;  Whereas, pursuant to Article 152 and Article 318 of the Act of Accession, a compensation mechanism is to be introduced on imports into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985, hereinafter referred to as the 'Community of Ten', of fruit and  vegetables from Spain and Portugal for which a reference price is fixed with regard to third countries; whereas, the Community offer prices for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives coming from Spain and Portugal should be fixed only during the period where  reference prices are fixed with regard to third countries, this means from 15 November up to and including 31 March of the following year;  Whereas, in accordance with Articles 152 (2) (a) and 318 (1) (a) of the Act of Accession, a Community offer price is to be calculated annually on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the producer prices in each Member State of the Community of Ten, plus  transport and packaging costs incurred by the products from the production regions to the representative consumption centres of the Community and bearing in mind developments in the cost of production in the fruit and vegetable sector; whereas the  abovementioned producer prices correspond to the average prices recorded during the three years preceding the date of fixing of the Community offer price; whereas, however, the annual Community offer price cannot exceed the reference price applied for  third countries;  Whereas, in order to take account of seasonal variations in prices, the marketing year should be divided into one or more periods and a Community offer price should be fixed for each of them;  Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Regulations (EEC) Nos 3709/89 and 3648/90, the producer prices to be used for the determination of the Community offer price are to be those of a domestic product defined by its commercial characteristics  recorded on the representative market or markets located in the production areas where prices are lowest for products or varieties representing a considerable proportion of production marketed throughout the year or during a part of the latter and which  meet quality Class I requirements and conditions laid down as regards packaging; whereas the average price for each representative market must be established after disregarding prices which may be considered excessively high or excessively low compared  with the normal fluctuations recorded on the market; whereas, moreover, if the average price for a Member State shows excessive variations with respect of normal price fluctuations, it shall not be taken into account;  Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria results in Community offer prices being fixed for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives for the period 15 November 1992 to 31 March 1993;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  For the 1992/93 marketing year, the Community offer price for broad-leaved (Batavian) endives (CN code 0705 29 00) applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all  sizes, shall be as follows:  - from 15 November 1992 to  31 Jauary 1993: 57,30,  - from 1 February 1993 to  31 March 1993: 60,01.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 29 October 1992. For the Commission  Ray MAC SHARRY  Member of the Commission   (1) OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 43.