CELEX: 31973R1919
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1919/73 of the Commission of 16 July 1973 fixing the reference prices for apples for the 1973/74 marketing year

No L 198 /22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             18 . 7 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1919/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 16 July 1973
                           fixing the reference prices for apples for the 1973/74 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       or markets situated in the production areas where
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        prices are lowest, for the products or varieties
                                                                     which represent a considerable proportion of pro­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   duction marketed throughout the year or during
pean Economic Community ;                                            part of it, and which satisfy specified requirements
                                                                     as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         average of prices recorded on each representative
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                     market is being calculated, prices which could be
zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                considered excessively high or excessively low in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2 ), and                      relation to normal price fluctuations on the market
in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                              should be disregarded ;
Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC )                 Whereas, for the purposd of calculating entry prices,
No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole                     the varieties imported from third countries of which
Community are to be fixed each year, before the                      the entry prices are to be compared to the prices
beginning of the marketing year, in respect of the                   fixed for Group I and to those fixed for Group II
whole marketing year ;                                                and Group III respectively should be specified ;
Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in
the Community that a reference price should be                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
fixed for them ;                                                      tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                     Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year
are marketed from July to June of the next year ;
whereas reference prices should be fixed for the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
period from 1 July to 30 June of the next year ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2 ) of Regulation
(EEC ) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal                                         Article 1
to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each
Member State plus an amount representing the costs
of transporting Community products from the pro­                     1.     For the 1973/74 marketing year the reference
duction areas to Community marketing centres ;                       prices for apples other than cider apples ( subheading
whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying­                ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff), ex­
in prices should also be taken into account ;                        pressed in units of account per 100 kg net of packed
                                                                     products of Class I of all sizes, shall be as follows
Whereas, since the varieties of apples are not all                   for each of the groups of varieties :
comparable as regards the estimation of their com­
mercial value, these varieties should be classified in
three groups ;                                                                           Group I      Group II    Group III
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account,                    - July               15-9           —           —
the marketing year should be divided into several                    — August             13-5           —           —
periods and a reference price fixed for each of                      — September          14-5          13-4          8-3
those periods ;                                                      — October            14-6          12-3          8-7
                                                                     — November           15-2          12-3         8-8
Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the
                                                                     — December           15-9          12-5         9-0
averages of the prices recorded during the three
years prior to the date of fixing of the reference                   — January            17-1          12-8         9-3
price for a home-grown product with defined com­                     — February           18-5          13-9        101
mercial characteristics on the representative market                 — March              19-3          14-6        10-3
(') Of No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p . 1 .
                                                                     — April
                                                                     — May
                                                                                          20-2
                                                                                          20-9     j 16-1           10-6
                                                                                                                    11-0
                                                                     — June               22-2
(*) Of No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 147 .
                                                                                                         —           —
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   2.      The groups of varieties referred to in paragraph            ton's superb, Scarlet pearmain, White winter
  1 composed of the following varieties :                              pearmain, Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman's early
                                                                       Worcester, Benoni, Stark earliest, Winston, Rei­
  Group 1 :                                                             nette du Canada, Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi,
  Yellow Transparant ( Transparente jaune, Klarapfel),                  Gravensteiner, Miller's Seedling, Worcester pear­
 James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious,                        main, various varieties of Cox's other than
 Cox's orange pippin, Stark Delicious, rouges améri­                   Cox's pomona, and mutations of the above
 caines , Ingrid Marie, Reinette du Canada, Belle de                    varieties ;
 Boskoop, Millers' Seedling, Tydemans early, Wor­                ( b ) to the prices fixed for Group II, where the im­
  cester pearmain , and mutations of these varieties ;                 ported products belong to varieties other than
 Group II :                                                            those shown in ( a) and ( c) ;
 Reine des Reinettes (Goldparmane), Glockenapfel,                (c) to the prices fixed for Group III, where the im­
Jonathan, Imperatore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord                     ported products belong to the following varie­
 Derby, Lord Lambourne, and mutations of these                         ties : Abbondanza (Belfort), Rambour d'hiver,
 varieties ;                                                           Brettacher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel, Kir­
                                                                       chenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana, Li­
Group III :                                                            moncella, Commercio , Reinette clochard, On­
Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger, Bramley's Seed­                     tario, Reinette du Mans, Lemoenapfel, Bramley's
ling, and mutations of these varieties.                                Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella, Cox's
                                                                       pomona .
3 . The entry prices of imported products are to
be compared :                                                   Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph
                                                                shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure in
( a) to the prices fixed for Group I, where the im­              Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 in keep­
       ported products belong to the following varie­            ing with changes in the varieties imported from
       ties : Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Richared,        third countries .
       Stark Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson , Yellow
       Transparant (Transparente jaune), James Grieve,                                    Article 2
       Belle de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap, Stayman­
       red, Black Winesap, Granny Smith, Dunn's Seed­           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
      ling, King Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat, Yellow              following its publication in the Official Journal of
      Newton, Crofton, Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Lax               the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 16 July 1973 .
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                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOLI