CELEX: 31972R1215
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1215/72 of the Commission of 9 June 1972 fixing reference prices for peaches

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     521
No L 133 /52                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                10.6.72
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1215/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 9 June 1972
                                             fixing reference prices for peaches
THE    COMMISSION        OF   THE      EUROPEAN      COM­         therefore directly comparable to the arithmetic mean
MUNITIES ,                                                        of producer prices; whereas there is consequently no
                                                                  need to increase the latter by the amount referred to
                                                                  above;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;
                                                                  Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1035/72 provides that producer prices in each
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Member State must correspond to the average of
1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                             quotations recorded during the three years preceding
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,               the fixing of the reference price on the representative
 and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof;                      market or markets situated i'n the production areas
                                                                  where prices are lowest; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Regulation (EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the
1035/72 and Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation              quotations used for the purposes of this calculation
(EEC) No 1291 /702 of 1 July 1970 laying down                     must relate to packed Class I products of all size
detailed rules for the application of that Article                grades, the cost of packing being included in the
provide that reference prices valid for the whole                 quotations ; whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation
Community must be fixed each year before the                      (EEC ) No 1035/72 lays down that only quotations
beginning of the marketing year;                                  recorded for products or varieties which represent a
                                                                  considerable proportion of marketed production for
Whereas, given the extent of peach production within              part of the year or throughout the whole year should
the Community, a reference price must be fixed for.               be taken into account;
that product;
                                                                  Whereas Article 23 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the reference price for a home-grown                      1035 /72 provides that when the average of
product with given commercial specifications is equal             quotations on each representative market is being
to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each                 calculated quotations which seem excessively high or
Member State, increased by an amount calculated on                excessively low in relation to normal price
the basis of marketing costs with a view to enabling              fluctuations on that market must be excluded ;
the reference price and prices of products imported
from third countries to be compared at the same                   Whereas in order to take seasonal fluctuations into
marketing stage ; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation           account the marketing year should be subdivided into
(EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the quotations to be              a number of periods and a reference price fixed for
taken into consideration when producer prices are                 each of those periods ;
being determined must relate either to the 'ex
producer group' marketing stage or to any other                   Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
comparable marketing stage; whereas the first                     Vegetables has not delivered an Opinion within the
subparagraph of Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                time limit set by its Chairman ;
No 1035/72 provides that entry prices for imported
products must be calculated at, or converted to, the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
import/wholesale stage; whereas these prices are
                                                                                          Article 1
1 OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1 .                                  The reference prices for peaches (subheading No
2 OJ No L 144, 2.7.1970, p . 10;                                  08.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed
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in units of account per 100 kg net, are hereby fixed                                 Article 2
as follows for packed Class I products of all size
grades :
          June first ten days           —                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                  second ten days       28-2                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                  third ten days        25-4                 European Communities. It shall apply until 30 April
                                                             1973 .
          July                          21-9
          August                        20-4
           September                    is -9
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 9 June 1972.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                 S. L. MANSHOLT