CELEX: 31972R1214
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-09
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1214/72 of the Commission of 9 June 1972 fixing reference prices for plums

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     519
 No L 133 /50                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 10.6.72
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1214/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 9 June 1972
                                               fixing reference prices for plums
THE    COMMISSION        OF    THE     EUROPEAN       COM­          therefore directly comparable to the arithmetic mean
 MUNITIES,                                                          of producer prices; whereas there is consequently no
                                                                    need to increase the latter by the amount referred to
                                                                    above ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1035/72 provides that producer prices in each
 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                              Member State must correspond to the average of
 organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,                quotations recorded during the three years , preceding
 and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof;                        the fixing of the reference price on the representative
                                                                   market or markets situated in the production areas
                                                                   where prices are lowest; whereas Article 1 (1) of
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    Regulation (EEC) No 1291/72 provides that the
 1035/72 and Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation              quotations used for the purposes of this calculation
 (EEC) No 1291/702 of 1 July 1970 laying down                      must relate to packed Class I products of all size
detailed rules for the application of that Article                 grades, the cost of the packing being included in the
provide that reference prices valid for the whole                   quotation; whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation
 Community must be fixed each year before the                       (EEC) No 1035/72 lays down that only quotations
beginning of the marketing year ;                                  for products or varieties which represent a
                                                                   considerable proportion of marketed production for
Whereas, given the extent of plum production within                part of the year or throughout the whole year should
the Community, a reference price must be fixed for                  be taken into account;
that product;
                                                                   Whereas Article 23 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the reference price for a home-grown                       1035 /72 provides that when the average of
product with given commercial specifications is equal              quotations on each representative market is being
to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each                  calculated quotations which seem excessively high or
Member State, increased by an amount calculated on                 excessively low in relation to normal price
the basis of marketing costs with a view to enabling               fluctuations on that market must be excluded ;
the reference price and prices of products imported
from third countries to be compared at the same
marketing stage; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation             Whereas since plum varieties are not fully
(EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the quotations to be               comparable as regards commercial value, these
taken into consideration when producer prices are                  varieties should be divided into two groups ;
being determined must relate either to the 'ex
producer group' marketing stage or any other                       Whereas, in order to take seasonal fluctuations into
comparable marketing stage; whereas the first                      account, the marketing year should be subdivided
subparagraph of Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                 into a number of periods and a reference price fixed
No 1035/72. provides that entry prices for imported                for each of those periods ;
products must be calculated at, or converted to, the
import/wholesale stage ; whereas these prices are
                                                                   Whereas it is necessary, for the purpose of calculating
                                                                   entry prices, to specify the varieties imported from
                                                                   third countries whose entry prices are to be
1 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p. 1 .                                  compared with the prices fixed for Group I and
2 OJ No L 144, 2.7.1970, p. 10.                                    Group II respectively ;
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation           Ersingen quetsch), Zimmers (Zimmer quetsch),
are in accordance with the Opinion of the                      Bühler (Early Buhl quetsch), Burbank, Florentia,
Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;                Goccia d'oro, Reine Claude dorée.
                                                               Group 11:
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                               Altesse simple (Common quetsch, Hauszwetsche),
                                                               Reine Claude d'Oullins, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario .
                        Article 1
                                                              3 . Entry prices of imported products shall be
1 . The reference prices for plums (subheading No              compared with :
08.07 D of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed
in units of account per 100 kg net, are hereby fixed           (a) the prices fixed for Group I where the imported
as follows in respect of varieties of Group I and                  products are of varieties other than those listed
Group II for packed Class I products of all size                   at (b);
grades :
                                                               (b) the prices fixed for Group II where the imported
                             Group 1     Group 11                  products belong to the following varieties :
                                                                   Altesse simple (Common quetsch, Haus­
June ( 11 to 30 inclusive)   22-2           —                      zwetsche), Reine Claude d'Oullins, Ruth
July                         21-8           —                      Gerstetter,    Ontario, Wagenheimer        (Early
August                        19-6        15-7                     Wangenheim quetsch), Mirabelle, Bosniche.
September                     16-5        12-8
October (1 to 20 inclusive) —             11-7                Amendments to the provisions of the preceding
                                                              subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with
2. The groups referred to in paragraph 1 shall                the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation
include the following varieties :                             (EEC) No 1035 /72 if there is a change in the
                                                              varieties imported from third countries.
Group I:
                                                                                      Article 2
Altesse double ( Italian quetsch), Précoce Favourite,
Belle de Louvain, Conducta, Lutzelsachser (Early              This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June
Lützelsachsen quetsch ), Anna Spath, Ersinger (Early          1972. It shall apply until 30 April 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 9 June 1972.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                   S. L. MANSHOLT