CELEX: 31974R1398
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1398/74 of the Commission of 5 June 1974 fixing the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass for the 1974 marketing year

No L 149 / 10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             6 . 6 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1398/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 5 June 1974
             fixing the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass for the 1974
                                                       marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 1
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last               For the 1974 marketing year producers organizations
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                or associations of such organizations may fix with­
particular the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 )                drawal prices not exceeding the following maxima, in
thereof ;                                                         units of account per 100 kg net for tomatoes grown
                                                                  under glass :
Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­                  June                       1st ten days
tions may be authorized, in view of the characteristics                                       2nd ten    days    18·9
of the market under consideration to fix, under certain                                         3rd ten  days    17·0
conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels referred               July                       1st ten days    15·6
to in Article 18(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ;                                                 2nd ten    days    14·3
                                                                                               3rd ten   days    12·9
Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass
has different characteristics from those of the market                August                                     12·9
                                                                      September                                  12·9
in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown                       October                                    12·9
under glass are mainly Extra Class and Class I                        November                                   12·9
products, the prices for which are considerably higher
than those for open-grown products ;                                                       Article 2
Whereas in order to provide more effective support
for the market in tomatoes grown under glass,                     The producers organizations shall supply the
producers' organizations or associations of such organi­          following information to the national authorities, who
                                                                  shall communicate it to the Commission :
zations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price
at a level higher than the Community withdrawal                   — the period during which withdrawal prices are
price ; whereas in conformity with the provisions of                  applicable ;
the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 ) it appears that           — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of
the maximum level of the withdrawal price for these                   those applied .
products can justifiably be fixed by applying to the
prices fixed for the 1973 marketing year an increase of                                    Article 3
the same order as the increase applied by the Council
when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June
tomatoes ;                                                         1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 5 June 1974.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 .