CELEX: 31972R0923
Language: en
Date: 1972-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 923/72 of the Council of 2 May 1972 fixing the basic price and the purchase price of cauliflowers

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  395
No L 106/2                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               5.5.72
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 923/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 2 May 1972
                                fixing the basic price and the purchase price of cauliflowers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          — in June :
                                                                     Belgium and the German production region of
                                                                     Siidbaden ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                      — in July :
                                                                     the German production regions of Siidbaden and
Having regard to Council Regulation No                               Franken and the French production region of
159/66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 laying down                           Nord and Pas-de-Calais :
additional provisions on the common organization of               — in August:
the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1425/71 ,2 and in particular                  Belgium, the German production regions of
Articles 4 and 14 thereof;                                           Siidbaden     and     Franken    and  the  French
                                                                     production region of Nord and Pas-de-Calais ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               — in September :
                                                                     Belgium and the French production region of
Whereas there are successive harvests of cauliflowers
                                                                     Nord and Pas-de-Calais;
spread over the period from May to April of the
following year;                                                   — in October :
                                                                     Belgium, the German production regions of
Whereas cauliflowers are marketed in various forms
                                                                     Siidbaden, Pfalz, Nordrhein and Franken and the
of presentation and whereas, for that reason,                        Netherlands;
different quotations are recorded on the market;
whereas, according to the period in question, Class I             — in November :
cauliflowers 'with leaves' or 'trimmed' are sufficiently
representative; whereas, therefore, these forms of                   the French production regions of Bouches-du­
                                                                     Rhone     and    Ille-et-Vilaine  and  the  Italian'
presentation and this quality class should be selected
for application of the intervention system ;                         production regions of the provinces of Ancona,
                                                                     Pisa and Ascoli Piceno ;
Whereas, in order to take into account seasonal                   — in December :
variations in cauliflower prices, the marketing year
should be split into several periods and a basic price               the French production region of Bouches-du­
and a purchase price fixed for each period;                          Rhone and the Italian production regions of the
                                                                     provinces of Ancona, Pisa, Napoli and Ascoli
                                                                     Piceno ;
Whereas the surplus production areas to be taken
into account when determining the basic price, as                 — in January and February :
provided in Article 4 (2) of Regulation No
159/66/EEC, are :                                                    the French production region of Nord-Finistere
                                                                     and the Italian production regions of the
— in May :                                                           provinces of Napoli, Pisa and Ascoli Piceno;
    the French production region of Nord-Finistere;               — in March :
                                                                     the French production region of Nord-Finistere
                                                                     and the Italian production regions of the
1 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66.                                 provinces of Napoli, Pisa, Ascoli Piceno and
2 OJ No L 151, 7.7.1971, p. 1 .                                      Pesaro ;
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— in April :                                                                                 Basic price    Purchase price
     the Italian production region of the province of           November                          7-2            2-9
     Pesaro ;                                                   December                          6-7            3-0
                                                                January                           6-6            2-9
Whereas Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC              February                          6-0            2-4
provides that the purchase price must be fixed at a             March                             6-9            3-0
level between 40 and 45% of the basic price which is
calculated on the basis of quotations for the three             April                             4-4            3-0
marketing years preceding the fixing of that price ;
whereas, because of disturbances recorded on the                2.    Prices quoted in paragraph 1 refer to packed
cauliflower market during April of the last three               Class I cauliflowers :
marketing years, application of that rule would result
in the purchase price for April of this year being              — 'with leaves', for the months of May, November,
 fixed at an appreciably lower level than was previously            December, January, February, March and April,
                                                                    and
fixed for that month ; whereas, however, efforts
should be made to stabilize prices on this market at a          — 'trimmed', for the months of June, July, August,
level not lower than that of the preceding marketing                September and October.
year; whereas, therefore, in pursuance of Article 14
of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, prices for the month
                                                                                        Article 2
in question should be fixed at a level higher than
45% of the basic price;
                                                                Prices referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include the
                                                                cost of the packaging in which the product is
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                presented.
                        Article 1                               Where all or part of the cost of the packaging in
                                                                which the produce is presented is included in the
1 . For the period from 1 May 1972 to 30 April                  quotations recorded for a product on the
 1973 the basic price and the purchase price of                 representative markets as provided by Article 5 of
cauliflowers falling within subheading No 07.01 B I             Regulation No 159/66/EEC, those quotations shall
of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of             be reduced by the cost of packaging included therein.
account per 100 kg net, shall be as follows :
                                                                                        Article 3
                            Basic price     Purchase price
May                            8-1              3-4             The communications provided for in Article 5 ( 1 ) of
June                          10-5              4-2             Regulation No 159/66/EEC shall relate to the
                                                                quotations recorded, excluding packaging.
July                           8-0              3-4
August                         8-2              3-4
                                                                                        Article 4
September                      9-1              3-7
October                       10-4              4-3             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1972.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 2 May 1972.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                        G. THORN