CELEX: 31975R0519
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 519/75 of the Commission of 28 February 1975 fixing until the end of the 1975 marketing year the reference prices for cucumbers

1 . 3 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 55 / 63
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 519/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 February 1975
                fixing until the end of the 1975 marketing year the reference prices for cucum­
                                                                 bers
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Member State plus an amount representing the costs
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         of transporting Community products from the produc­
                                                                      tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas
                                                                      the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                must also be taken into account ;
 Economic Community ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      Whereas , to take seasonal variations into account , the
  1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                  year should be divided into several periods and a refer­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                   ence price fixed for each of these periods ;
 particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas producer prices arc to correspond to the
 474/75 (3) of 27 February 1975 fixing the basic prices               average of the prices recorded on the representative
 and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the                market or markets situated in the production areas
  1975/76 marketing year and derogating for this                      where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to
 marketing year from Article 23 of Regulation ( EEC)                  the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a
 No 1035/72 as regards certain reference prices, and in               home-grown product with defined commercial charac­
 particular Article 1 1 of that Regulation ;                          teristics, being a product or variety representing a
                                                                      substantial proportion of the production marketed
                                                                      over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23(1 ) of Regulation                    fied requirements as regards market preparation ;
 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the                     whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each
 whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of                  representative market is being calculated , prices which
 the marketing year ;                                                 could be considered excessively high or excessively
                                                                      low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
 Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities                    market are to be disregarded ;
 in the Community that reference prices should be
 fixed for them ;
                                                                      Whereas Community-produced cucumbers are grown
 Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop                      mainly under glass ; whereas the reference prices for
 year are marketed from January to December ;                         the marketing year must therefore be fixed for a prop­
 whereas with regard to the present marketing year                    duct of that type ; whereas taking into account, in
 reference prices have already been fixed up to 28                    particular for the first part of the marketing year, the
 February by Regulation ( EEC) No 317 /75 of 7                        increase in production costs consequent principally
 February 1 975 (4) ; whereas the information now avail­              upon higher fuel costs, there is reason to provide for
 able allows such prices to be fixed up to the end of                 an additional increase in the reference price for the
 the marketing year ; whereas the low quantities which                months March to June ; whereas cucumbers imported
 are harvested during December represent only a small                 from certain third countries will have been grown in
 percentage of the tonnage which is marketed over the                 the open ; whereas , although such cucumbers may be
 marketing year as a whole ; whereas that month                       classed in Class I , their quality and price are not
 should therefore not be taken into account ;                         comparable with those of products grown under glass ;
                                                                      whereas the prices for cucumbers not grown under
                                                                      glass should therefore be adjusted by a conversion
 Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation                     factor ;
 (EEC) No 1035/ 72 the reference prices are to be equal
 to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each
(')  OJ  No L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 .                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(3)  OJ  No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 24.                                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(4)  OJ  No L 35, 8 . 2. 1975, p. 21 .                                ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                            — October                    37.32
                                                                         — November                   45.17
                        A rticle /
                                                              2.    For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the
1.    For the 1975 marketing year, the reference              prices for cucumbers, not being products grown under
prices for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 P of the            glass, imported from third countries shall, after deduc­
Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of                 tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the following
account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I,         conversion factors :
of all sizes, shall be as follows :
                                                              — from 1 March to 30 September : 1-30
           —- March                        57.03              — from 1 October to 30 November : 1-00
           — April                         45.47
           — May                           37.39                                      Article 2
           — June                          25.98
           — July                          1 9.25             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
           -— August                       21-47               publication in the Official Journal of the European
           — September                     22.98               Communities,
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 February 1975 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission