CELEX: 31972R1175
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1175/72 of the Council of 6 June 1972 fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for lemons

488                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
  7.6.72                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 130/5
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1175/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 6 June 1972
                                 fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for lemons
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       — in October, November, December, January,
                                                                      February, March, April and May:
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        the Italian production area of the province of
  European Economic Community ;,                                      Catania ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                           Whereas the method for calculating the basic price
  organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,            set out in Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 and in particular Articles 16 and 35 thereof;                    1035 /72 gives, for virtually the whole marketing year,
                                                                  a price considerably higher than those fixed for the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              previous year ; whereas application of Article 16 (3 )
                                                                 of that Regulation, which requires that the buying-in
 Whereas lemons are so produced that there is a                  price be fixed at not less than 60% of the basic price,
 summer harvest marketed from June to September                   would result in the buying-in price being fixed at
 and a winter harvest marketed from October to May               levels excessively higher than those for the preceding
 of the following year; whereas for the application of           marketing year, though this is not needed for market
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 the marketing year for             support; whereas Article 35 of the Regulation should
 lemons    — to      cover  both    summer    and   winter        therefore be applied and the buying-in price fixed at
 production — must therefore be assumed to run                    levels lower than the abovementioned percentage;
 from 1 June to 31 May of the following year;
 Whereas       Class    I   lemons      are sufficiently          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 representative ; whereas for the intervention purposes
 this quality class should be chosen ;
                                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas to take account of seasonal variations in
 lemon prices the marketing year should be divided up            1 . For the period from 1 June 1972 to 31 May
 and a basic price and buying-in price fixed for each            1973 the basic price and the buying-in price for
resulting period ;
                                                                 lemons falling within subheading No 08.02 C of the
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of
Whereas the surplus production areas to be used in               account per 100 kilogrammes net, shall be :
 fixing the basic price in accordance with Article
 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are :                                          Basic price     Buying-in price
                                                                 June                     20-5            11-0
— in June and July :
                                                                 July                     21-3            11-0
     the Italian production areas of the provinces of
                                                                 August                   21-2           11-7
     Siracusa and Catania ;
                                                                 September                17-5            10-8
— in August:                                                     October                 15-8            10-8
     the Italian production area of the province of              November                 15-0             7-8
     Palermo ;
                                                                 December                 14-5             7-3
— in September :                                                 January                  15-3             7-2
     the Italian production areas of the provinces of            February                 14-3             7-3
     Siracusa and Catania ;                                      March                    15-4             7-2
                                                                 April                    16-7             8-2
1 OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1 .                                 May                      17-4             9-0
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2. The prices specified in paragraph 1 relate to                                     Article 3
packed Class I lemons of the 53 /62 mm size grade.
                                                             Notifications as provided for in Article 17 ( 1 ) of
                      Article 2                              Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall relate to prices
                                                             recorded excluding packing costs.
The prices specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include
the cost of the packing in which the product is
presented.
                                                                                     Article 4
Where prices for a product on a representative
market recorded in accordance with Article 17 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 include all or part of          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the cost of packing, such packing costs as are               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
included shall be deducted therefrom .                       European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
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             Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 1972.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                    ' G. THORN