CELEX: 31976R1475
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1475/76 of 24 June 1976 fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the reference prices for pears

No L 165/ 26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             25 . 6 . 76
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1475 / 76
                                                        of 24 June 1976
                     fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the reference prices for pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     average of the prices recorded on the representative
                                                                  market or markets situated in the production areas
                                                                  where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a
Economic Community,                                               home-grown product with defined commercial charac­
                                                                  teristics being a product or variety representing a
                                                                  substantial proportion of the production marketed
                                                                  over the year or over part thereof and satisfying the
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                     specified requirements as regards market preparation ;
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                representative market is being calculated, prices which
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 (2 ), and in               could be considered excessively high or excessively
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                              low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
                                                                  market are to be disregarded ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ning of each marketing year ;                                     ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas pears are produced in such quantities in the
Community that reference prices should be fixed for
them ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas pears harvested during a given crop year are
marketed from June of one year to May of the
following year ; whereas the quantities marketed in                                       Artie e 1
June and May of the following year are so small that
there is no need to fix reference prices ; whereas the
reference prices should therefore be fixed for the                 For the marketing year 1976/77, the reference prices
period from 1 July up to and including 30 April of                for pears, other than perry pears (subheading ex 08.06
the following year ;                                               B II of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in
                                                                  units of account per 100 kilogrammes net of packed
                                                                  products of Class I , of all sizes, shall be as follows :
Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are fixed on                     July                                           20.66
the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in                 August                                         17.23
each Member State plus an amount representing the                      September                                      17.10
cost of transporting Community products from the                       October                                        18.46
 production areas to Community marketing centres ;                     November                                       19.79
whereas the trend of average basic prices and the                      December                                       21.26
buying-in prices must also be taken into account ;                     January to April inclusive                     22.13
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the
year should be divided into several periods and a refer­
                                                                                          Article 2
ence price fixed for each of these periods ;
(>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission