CELEX: 31974R1671
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1671/74 of the Commission of 28 June 1974 derogating, for the beginning of the 1974/75 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears

No L 175/72                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 6 . 74
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1671 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 28 June 1974
               derogating , for the beginning of the 1974/75 marketing year, from the quality
                        standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size
COMMUNITIES,                                                          required of fruit of the 1974 harvest marketed in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Community shall be :
Economic Community ;
                                                                     (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                             until 1 September 1974, and 65 mm from 2 to 15
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                        September 1974 inclusive ;
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                   (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 70 mm
particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2)                         until 22 September 1974 ;
thereof ;                                                            (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm until
Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert                          1 September 1974 inclusive ;
apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission                  (d) for apples of the Cox's Orange Pippin variety, 65
Regulation ( EEC) -No 1641 /71 (*) of 27 July 1971 ,                      mm until 22 September 1974 inclusive ;
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 833/73 (4), the
fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory          (e) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety, 60 mm
condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of                    until 15 August 1974 inclusive ;
the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples              (f) for pears of the Alexandrine Douillard variety, 60
and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the                    mm until 15 September 1974 inclusive .
marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ;
whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the
quality standard is not large enough to meet that                     However, Member States may, in the light of condi­
requirement, it should be fixed at a higher level for a               tions peculiar to their home production , decide not to
certain period ;                                                      apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and
                                                                      pears harvested in their territory and rnarketed in the
Whereas the need for this derogation from the                         Community, or bring forward the date on which the
rtfinimum size laid down in the quality standards may                 derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without
not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the                   delay inform the other Member States and the
Member States should therefore be empowered not to                    Commission thereof.
apply the derogation or to re-apply the standards
earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ;
                                                                      2. The standards , shall remain applicable in trade in
Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and                        dessert apples and pears with third countries.
Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
time limit set by its Chairman ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                  Artidc 2
                             Article 1
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the                       following its publication in the Official Journal of
quality standards for dessert apples and pears and                    the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No   L 1 18 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 291 ,  28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.
(') OJ No   L 172,   31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ No   L 185,   7. 7. 1973, p. 17.