CELEX: 31978R1177
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1177/78 of 31 May 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference prices for lemons

1 . 6. 78                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 145/39
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1177/78
                                                          of 31 May 1978
                      fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference prices for lemons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, for the 1978/79 marketing year, the finan­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
                                                                    that used for increases in the basic and buying-in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1978/79
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
of the market in fruit and vegetables ( !), as last                 level fixed for the 1977/78 marketing year.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation                 ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the
whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of
the marketing year ;                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in
the Community that reference prices should be fixed
                                                                                              Article 1
for them ;
Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are                      For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference prices
marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas                 for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the
reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1               Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
June to 31 May of the next year ;                                    account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of
Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the               Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows :
year should be divided into several periods and a refer­                    June :                                24-66
ence price fixed for each of these periods ;                                July :                                27.33
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of                         August :                              28-42
Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, refer­                        September :                          25-05
                                                                             October :                            21-68
ence prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal
                                                                             November :                           19.35
to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as
                                                                             December :                           19.92
necessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ­
ence between the percentages representing respec­                           January :                             20-98
tively the variations compared with the preceding                            February :                           19.71
                                                                             March :                              20.14
marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in
the financial compensation provided for by Council                          April :                               20.48
                                                                             May :                                22-49
Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969
laying down special measures for improving the
production and marketing of Community citrus                                                  Article 2
fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1122/78 (4);                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 31 May 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
(>) OJ  No   L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 144,  31 . 5. 1978 , p. 5.
(>) OJ  No   L 318,  18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 142,  30 . 5. 1978 , p. 13 .