CELEX: 31976R0843
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 843/76 of 9 April 1976 applying quality class 'III' to certain fruit for the 1976/77 marketing year

10 . 4 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 96/27
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 843/76
                                                            of 9 April 1976
                    applying quality class 'III' to certain fruit for the 1976/77 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           only if the products concerned are needed to meet
COMMUNITIES,                                                             consumer demand ; whereas this appears to be the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    case at present for lemons, table grapes, cherries and
                                                                         strawberries ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluc­
Economic Community,
                                                                         tuations in production from one marketing year to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            another, the period of application of quality class 'III'
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                       should be limited ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof.                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas Council Regulation No 211 /66/EEC of 14
December 1966 (3) added a class 'III' to the common
quality standards for peaches and table grapes, while                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the same class was added to the common quality
standards for cherries and strawberries by Council                                               Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 of 26 June 1969 (4) ;
whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of                        A quality class 'III as defined in the common quality
19 February 1971 laying down common quality stand­                      standards shall apply, for the period specified in each
ards for citrus fruit (5), and Commission Regulation                    case, in respect of the products listed in the Annex to
(EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 laying down                           this Regulation .
quality standards for dessert apples and pears (6), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 833/73 (7), laid                                                Article 2
down a class ' HI' for the products concerned ;
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)                following its publication in the Official Journal of
No 1035/72, the quality class ' ill' may be applied                      the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 9 April 1976.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.j . LARDINOIS
                                                                              Alember of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
                Lemons :                        from  1 June 1976 to 31 May 1977 ;
               Table grapes :                   from  1 May 1976 to 30 Aprii 1977 ,
               Cherries :                       from  1 April to 30 September 1976 ;
               Strawberries :                   from  1 April to 31 December 1976.
 ') OJ   No  L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
2)  OJ   No  L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 3 .
3)  OJ   No  233, 20 . 12. 1966 , p. 3939/66 .
4)  OJ   No  L 157, 28 . 6 . 1969 , p. 1 .
s)  OJ   No  L 45, 24. 2 . 1971 , p. 1 .
6)  OJ   No  L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .
7   OJ   No  L 185, 7 . 7 . 1973 , p. 17.