CELEX: 31976R1476
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1476/76 of 24 June 1976 fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the reference prices for apples

No L 165/ 28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             25 . 6 . 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1476/ 76
                                                           of 24 June 1976
                        fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the reference prices for apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       teristics being a product or variety representing a
COMMUNITIES,                                                         substantial proportion of the production marketed
                                                                     over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                fied requirements as regards market preparation ;
Economic Community,                                                  whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each
                                                                     representative market is being calculated, prices which
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         could be considered excessively high or excessively
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   market are to be disregarded ;
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the entry
                                                                      prices, the varieties imported from third countries of
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation                  which the entry prices are to be compared with the
( EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the                     prices fixed for Groups I, II and III respectively
whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­                    should be specified ;
ning of each marketing year ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in the
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Community that reference prices should be fixed for
them ;
                                                                      ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year are
marketed from July of one year to June of the
following year ; whereas reference prices should there­
fore be fixed for the period from 1 July up to and                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
including 30 June of the following year ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are fixed on                                             Article i
the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in
each Member State plus an amount representing the
cost of transporting Community products from the                      1.     For the marketing year 1976/77, the reference
production areas to Community marketing centres ;                     prices for apples, other than cider apples (subheading
                                                                      ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff),
whereas the trend of average basic prices and the
buying-in prices must also be taken into account ;
                                                                      expressed in units of account per 100 kilogrammes
                                                                      net of packed products of Class I, of all sizes, for the
                                                                      variety Groups I, II and III shall be as follows :
Whereas since the varieties of apples are not all                                          Group /     Group //   Group III
comparable as regards estimation of their commercial
value, these varieties should be classified in three                      J uly             20.91         —           —
                                                                          August            17.72         —           —
groups ;
                                                                          September         1906         17.59       10.98
                                                                          October           1918         16.25       11.47
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the                     November          20.04        15.27       11.60
 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­                 December          20.66        15.51       11.84
ence price fixed for each of these periods ;                              January           22.00        15.88       12.20
                                                                          February          22.86        17.23       13.31
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the                          March             25.19        18.08       13.56
average of the prices recorded on the representative                      April             25.80 )                  13.92
                                                                                                         19.31
 market or markets situated in the production areas                       May               26 04 \                  14.53
where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to                  June              27.12         —           —
 the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a
 home-grown product with defined commercial charac
(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1                               2 . The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 are
  -') OJ No L 9 .?, 8 . 4 . 1976 , p . 6 .                            composed as follows :
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Group I :                                                           pearmain, Geeveston         Fanny, Tydeman s    early
                                                                    Worcester,      Benoni ,   Stark  earliest, Winston ,
Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune, Klarapfel),
James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious, Cox's                Reinette du Canada, Berlepsch , Annurca, Lodi ,
orange pippin , Stark Delicious, rouges américaines,                Gravensteiner, Miller's Seedling, Worcester pear­
Ingrid Marie, Reinette du Canada, Belle de Boskoop,                 main , Weißwinterglockenapfel, Cortland, Spartan ,
                                                                    Red Macintosh , various varieties of Cox's other
Miller's Seedling, Tydemans early Worcester,
Worcester pearmain, Weißwinterglockenapfel , and                    than Cox's pomona, and mutations of the above
mutations of these varieties ;                                      varieties ;
                                                                (b) with the     prices fixed for Group II , where the
Group II :                                                          imported    products belong to a variety other than
Reine des Reinettes (Goldparmane), Jonathan, Impera­                those set   out in (a) and (c) ;
tore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord Derby, Lord                  (c) with the    prices fixed for Group III, where the
Lambourne, and mutations of these varieties ;                       imported    product belongs to one of the following
                                                                    varieties : Abbondanza ( Belfort), Rambour d'hiver,
Group III :
                                                                    Brettacher,      Horneburger,    Krügers    Dickstiel ,
Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger,          Finkenwerder,           Kirchenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana,
Bramley's Seedling, and mutations of these varieties.               Limoncella ,      Commercio,     Reinette   clochard ,
                                                                    Ontario, Reinette du Mans, Lemoenapfel , Bram­
3. The entry prices of imported products are to be
                                                                    ley's Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella, Cox's
compared :
                                                                    pomona, and mutations of the above varieties.
(a) with the prices fixed for Group I , where the
     imported products belong to one of the following           Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph shall
     varieties :    Golden   Delicious , Red    Delicious,      be adopted in accordance with the procedure in
     Richared, Stark Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson ,         Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 by refer­
     Yellow transparent (Transparente jaune), James             ence to the changes in the varieties imported from
     Grieve, Belle de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap,                 third countries .
     Stayman red, Black Winesap, Granny Smith ,
     Dunn's Seedling, King Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat,                                     Article 2
     Yellow Newton , Crofton , Ingrid Marie, Sturmer,
     Laxton 's superb, Scarlet pearmain , White winter          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976 .
                 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