SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE PRODUCTION MARKETED OVER THE YEAR OR OVER PART THEREOF AND SATISFYING SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS AS REGARDS MARKET PREPARATION ; WHEREAS , WHEN THE AVERAGE OF PRICES RECORDED ON EACH REPRESENTATIVE MARKET IS BEING CALCULATED , PRICES WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY HIGH OR EXCESSIVELY LOW IN RELATION TO NORMAL PRICE FLUCTUATIONS ON THAT MARKET ARE TO BE DISREGARDED ;
WHEREAS COMMUNITY PRODUCED CUCUMBERS ARE GROWN MAINLY UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE MARKETING YEAR MUST THEREFORE BE FIXED FOR A PRODUCT OF THAT TYPE ; WHEREAS CUCUMBERS IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES DURING THE SAME PERIOD WILL HAVE BEEN GROWN IN THE OPEN ; WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH SUCH CUCUMBERS MAY BE CLASSED IN CLASS I , THEIR QUALITY AND PRICE ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH THOSE OF PRODUCTS GROWN UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR CUCUMBERS NOT GROWN UNDER GLASS SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADJUSTED BY A CONVERSION FACTOR ;
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
1 . FOR THE 1980 MARKETING YEAR , THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR CUCUMBERS ( SUBHEADING 07.01 P OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ), EXPRESSED IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET OF PACKED PRODUCTS OF CLASS I , OF ALL SIZES , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
- - - - - - - - - NOVEMBER ( FROM 1 TO 20):69.26 2 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE ENTRY PRICE , THE PRICES FOR CUCUMBERS , NOT PRODUCED UNDER GLASS , IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL , AFTER DEDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , BE MULTIPLIED BY THE FOLLOWING CONVERSION FACTORS :
- FROM 1 MARCH TO 30 SEPTEMBER : 1.30 ,
- FROM 1 OCTOBER TO 20 NOVEMBER : 1.00 .
ARTICLE 2
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 MARCH 1980 .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 FEBRUARY 1980 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
FINN GUNDELACH
VICE-PRESIDENT