CELEX: 31973R0183
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 183/73 of the Council of 23 January 1973 fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for apples from 1 February to 31 May 1973

30 . 1 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 25 / 15
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 183/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 23 January 1973
                  fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for apples from 1 February to 31 May 1973
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             Whereas, under Article 57 of the Act annexed to the
                                                                       abovementioned Treaty, the prices for the new
                                                                       Member States must be decreased by the incidence of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          the compensatory amount;
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                       Whereas apples produced within the Community
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                        include several varieties; whereas different quotations
  1035/72 (1) of 18 May 1972 on the common                             according to varieties are accorded on the market;
  organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as                whereas a sufficiently representative variety should
  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745 /72 (2)                      therefore be selected for the application of the
  and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) thereof;                           intervention system ; whereas golden delicious
                                                                        apples, quality class I, satisfy this requirement for the
                                                                        period in question;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                        Whereas, to take account of seasonal trends in apple
  Whereas the marketing of apples harvested during a                    prices, the relevant part of the year should be
. given year of production is spread between July and                   subdivided into several periods and a basic and a
  June of the following year ;                                          buying-in price should be fixed for each one of them ;
  Whereas under Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)                    Whereas the surplus production areas, to be used for
  No 1035 /72, the basic price and the buying-in price                  fixing the basic price in accordance with Article 16
  of the product for the marketing year must be fixed                   (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, are :
  annually; whereas, however, for the current year, and
  since the Treaty concerning the Accession of new                      — in February :
  Member States to the European Economic
   Community and the European Atomic Energy                                 The German production area of Hamburg,
   Community (3 ), signed at Brussels on 22 January                         Schleswig-Holstein, the French production areas
   1972, applies to this market from 1 February 1973 ,                      of Languedoc-Provence, Pyrénées-Aquitaine, Val
   these prices have only been fixed until 31 January                       de Loire, the Italian production area of Cuneo,
   1973 ; whereas the basic and buying-in prices must,                      Ferrara, the Netherlands and Denmark,
   therefore, be fixed for the remainder of the marketing
   year, taking into account data relating to the                        — in March :
   production of the products in question in the new
   Member States ;                                                          Belgium, the German production areas of
                                                                            Hamburg,       Schleswig-Holstein, the French
                                                                            production areas of Languedoc-Provence, Val de
                                                                             Loire, Pyrenees-Aquitaine, the Italian production
   Whereas under the second subparagraph of Article 16                       area of Cuneo and Denmark,
    ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, each marketing
   period at the beginning and at the end of the
   marketing year is to be disregarded ; whereas at the                  — in April :
    end of the marketing year the quantities marketed in
    June are only a small percentage of the metric                           The French production areas of Languedoc-Pro­
    tonnage marketed throughout the whole year ;                             vence, Pyrénées-Aquitaine, Val de Loire and the
    whereas, therefore, this month should be disregarded ;                   Netherlands,
                                                                         — in May :
     H OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                                  Belgium, the French production areas of
    (-') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 147.                               Pyrenees-Aquitaine, Val de Loire, the Italian
     (3) Special Edition, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                production area of Verona and the Netherlands ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                         Article 2
                                                              The prices referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include
                       Article 1                              the cost of the packing in which the product is
                                                              presented.
1 . For the period from 1 February to 31 May                  If the price ascertained for a particular product on a
1973 , the basic and buying-in prices for apples other        representative market, in accordance with Article 17
than cider apples, in units of account per 100 kg net,        of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, includes all or part
are fixed as follows :
                                                              of tl^e cost of the packing in which the product is
                                                              presented, the price shall be reduced by the cost of
                           Basic price    Buying-in price     the packing included.
February                      13-2             7-0                                    Article 3
March                         14-0             7-5            The information to be communicated under Article
April                         15-5             8-0
                                                              17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 shall include
                                                              the prices, exclusive of packing, recorded for the
May                           16-3             8-5            variety referred to in Article 1 (2 ).
                                                                                      Article 4
2.    The prices quoted in paragraph 1 are those for
golden delicious apples, quality Class I, size equal to       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
or larger than 70 mm, packed.                                 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                    L. TINDEMANS