CELEX: 31972R1484
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1484/72 of the Commission of 12 July 1972 fixing reference prices for table grapes

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   681
No L 157/ 18                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                13.7.72
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1484/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 12 July 1972
                                         fixing reference prices for table grapes
THE    COMMISSION        OF     THE  EUROPEAN       COM­         of producer prices; whereas there is consequently no
MUNITIES,                                                       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
                                                                 1035/72 provides that producer prices in each
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Member State must correspond to the average of
1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                            quotations recorded during the three years preceding
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,              the fixing of the reference price on the representative
and in particular Article 27 (1 ) thereof;                      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 /70 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 packing being included in the
provide that reference prices valid for the whole               quotations ; 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 the production of table            part of the year or throughout the whole year should
grapes within the Community, a reference price must             be taken into account;
be fixed for 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               quotations on each representative market is being
equal to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in              calculated quotations which seem excessively high or
each   Member     State,   increased   by    an   amount        excessively low in relation to normal              price
                                                                fluctuations on that market must be excluded ;
calculated on the basis of marketing costs, with a
view to enabling the reference price and prices of
products imported from third countries to be                    Whereas, in order to take seasonal fluctuations into
compared at the same marketing stage; whereas                   account, the marketing year should be subdivided
Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291/70                  into a number of periods and a reference price fixed
provides that the quotations to be taken into                   for each of those periods ;
consideration when producer prices are being
determined must relate either to the 'ex producer               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
group' marketing stage or to any other comparable               are in accordance with the Opinion of the
marketing stage; whereas the first subparagraph of              Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that entry prices for imported products must           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be calculated at, or converted to, the
import/wholesale stage; whereas these prices are                                         Article 1
therefore directly comparable to the arithmetic mean
                                                                The reference prices for table grapes (subheading No
  OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p . 1 .                              08.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed
  OJ No L 144, 2.7.1970, p. 10.                                 in units of account per 100 kg net, are hereby fixed
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as follows for packed Class I products of all size                                      Article 2
grades :
         July           1st ten days                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                       2nd ten days          25-9
                                                               European Communities.
                       3rd ten days          20-9
         August                              17-6              It shall apply until 30 June 1973 .
         September                           15-2
         October                             14-8
         November       1st ten days         18-9
                       2nd ten days          21-8
                       3rd ten days
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 July 1972.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                    S. L. MANSHOLT