, FOR A HOME-GROWN PRODUCT WITH DEFINED COMMERCIAL CHARACTERISTICS , BEING A PRODUCT OR VARIETY REPRESENTING A 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 , UP TO 10 JULY , COMMUNITY-PRODUCED TOMATOES ARE GROWN MAINLY UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THIS PERIOD OF THE MARKETING YEAR MUST THEREFORE BE FIXED FOR A PRODUCT OF THAT TYPE ; WHEREAS TOMATOES IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES DURING THE SAME PERIOD WILL HAVE BEEN GROWN IN THE OPEN ; WHEREAS , ALTHOUGH SUCH TOMATOES MAY BE CLASSED IN CLASS I , THEIR QUALITY AND PRICE ARE NOT COMPARABLE WITH THOSE OF PRODUCTS GROWN UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS THE PRICES FOR TOMATOES NOT GROWN UNDER GLASS SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADJUSTED BY A CONVERSION FACTOR ;
WHEREAS , FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE , TOMATOES IMPORTED FROM CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES ARE CULTIVATED UNDER GLASS ; WHEREAS A CONVERSION FACTOR SHOULD ALSO BE APPLIED TO THE PRICES OF THESE TOMATOES TO MAKE THEM COMPARABLE WITH THE REFERENCE PRICES WHICH ARE DURING THIS PERIOD CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF PRICES OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTS CULTIVATED IN THE OPEN ;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 652/79 ( 4 ) LAID DOWN THE COEFFICIENT FOR EXPRESSING AMOUNTS , FIXED IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , IN ECU ;
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 1979 MARKETING YEAR , THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR TOMATOES ( SUBHEADING 07.01 M 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 :
- - 1 JUNE TO 10 - 11 JULY TO 31 - - 1 OCTOBER TO 20 2 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE ENTRY PRICE :
( A ) THE PRICES FOR TOMATOES NOT PRODUCED UNDER GLASS , IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , SHALL , AFTER DEDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , BE MULTIPLIED :
- FOR MAY , BY A CONVERSION FACTOR OF 1.725 ,
- FROM 1 JUNE TO 10 JULY BY A CONVERSION FACTOR OF 1.675 ;
( B ) THE PRICE FOR TOMATOES PRODUCED UNDER GLASS AND IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL , AFTER DEDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , BE MULTIPLIED BY A CONVERSION FACTOR OF 0.625 FROM 1 OCTOBER TO 20 DECEMBER .
ARTICLE 2
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 MAY 1979 .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS