CELEX: 31972R0942
Language: en
Date: 1972-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 942/72 of the Commission of 5 May 1972 applying additional quality classes to certain fruit for the 1972/73 marketing year

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 942/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 5 May 1972
                    applying additional quality classes to certain fruit for the 1972/73 marketing year
 THE    COMMISSION         OF     THE   EUROPEAN      COM­         be applied only if the products concerned are needed
MUNITIES ,                                                         to meet consumer demand ; whereas this appears to
                                                                   be the case at present for lemons, table grapes,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        cherries and strawberries ; whereas, in view of the
 European Economic Community;                                      considerable fluctuations in production from one
                                                                   marketing year to another, the period of application
Having regard to Council Regulation No                             of the additional quality classes should be limited ;
 158 /66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 on applying
 common quality standards to fruit and vegetables                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
marketed within the Community, as last amended by                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2423/70,2 and in particular                   Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
 Article 2 (2) thereof;
 Whereas Council Regulation No 211 /66/EEC3 of 14                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
December 1966 added a supplementary class to the
common quality standards for apples and pears,
                                                                                           Article 1
peaches and table grapes ; whereas a supplementary
 class was added to the common quality standards for
 cherries and strawberries by Council Regulation                   The additional classes provided for in the common
 (EEC) No 1194/694 of 26 June 1969 ; whereas                       quality standards shall apply to the products listed in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/715 of 19                       the Annex to this Regulation and, for each of them,
February 1971 laying down the common quality                       for the periods mentioned therein.
standards for citrus fruit defined a Class III . which
corresponds to the supplementary class within the
meaning of Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                          >                     Article 2
158/66/EEC ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Regulation No                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
158/66/EEC, the supplementary quality classes may                  European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 5 May 1972.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT
1  OJ  No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3282/66.
2  OJ No L 261, 2.12.1970, p. 1.
3  OJ  No 233 , 20.12.1966, p. 3939/66.
4  OJ  No L 157, 28.6.1969, p. 1 .
5  OJ No L 45, 24.2.1971 , p. 1 .
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                        ANNEX
Lemons :         from 1 June 1972 to 31 May 1973.
Table grapes:    from 1 May 1972 to 30 April 1973.
Cherries:        from 1 May 1972 to 30 September 1972.
Strawberries:    from 1 May 1972 to 30 September 1972.