CELEX: 31977R0609
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 of 23 March 1977 applying quality class 'III' to certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year

No L 76/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             24 . 3 . 77
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 609/77
                                                           of 23 March 1977
                     applying quality class ' III' to certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       consumer demand ; whereas this appears to be the
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        case at present for lemons, table grapes, cherries and
                                                                      strawberries ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluc­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tuations in production from one marketing year to
  Economic Community,                                                 another, the period of application of quality class ill'
                                                                      should be limited ; whereas, under Article 4 (2) of
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this period cannot in
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   any case, extend beyond 31 December 1977 ;
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 (2 ), and in                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Whereas Council Regulation No 211 / 66/ EEC of 14
  December 1966 (3) added a class ill ' to the common
 quality standards for peaches and table grapes, while                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  the same class was added to the common quality
 standards for cherries and strawberries by Council
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 of 26 June 1 969 (4) ;
 whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of
  19 February 1971 laying down common quality stand­                  A quality class ill ' as defined in the common quality
 ards for citrus fruit (5), and Commission Regulation                 standards shall apply, for the period specified in each
 (EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 laying down                        case, in respect of the products listed in the Annex
                                                                      hereto .
 quality standards for dessert apples and pears (6), as
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 833/73 ( 7), laid
 down a class ill' for the products concerned ;                                                  Article 2
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC)            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  No 1035/72, the quality class ill ' may be applied                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
 only if the products concerned are needed to meet                    the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 23 March 1977 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vicc-Prcsiilcnt
(')  OJ No   L 1 18 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No   L 93 , 8 . 4 . 1976 , p. 6 .
(3)  OJ No  233 , 20 . 12 . 1966 , p . 3939 / 66 .
(4)  OJ No   L 157, 28 . 6. 1969, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ No   L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p. I.
(6)  OJ No   L 172, 31 . 7 . 1971 , p. 1 .
( 7) OJ No   L 185, 7 . 7 . 1973 , p. 17 .
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                                     ANNEX
            Lemons :            from 1 June to 31 December 1977 .
            Table grapes :      from 1 May to 31 December 1977.
            Cherries :          from 1 April to 30 September 1 977 .
            Strawberries :      from 1 April to 31 December 1977 .