CELEX: 31976R1227
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1227/76 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for lemons

26. 5 . 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 137/23
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1227 /76
                                                             of 25 May 1976
                        fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for lemons
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, for the 1976/77 marketing year, the finan­
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the
                                                                       preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                that used for increases in the basic and buying-in
  Economic Community,                                                  prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1976/77
                                                                       marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
                                                                       level fixed for the 1975/76 marketing year, with the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          exception of the months of June to September for
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    which transport costs have again been taken into
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                    consideration ; whereas for these months, in accor­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                     dance with the first paragraph of Article 23 (2) of
 particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, transport costs, which
                                                                       were then included , should be deducted from the
                                                                       prices valid during the previous marketing, year ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the
 whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 the marketing year ;                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in
 the Community that reference prices should be fixed
 for them ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are
 marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas
 reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1                                        Article 1
June to 31 May of the next year ;
                                                                       For the 1976/77 marketing year, the reference prices
Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the                 for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the
year should be divided into several periods and a refer­               Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
 ence price fixed for each of these periods ;                          account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I,
                                                                       of all sizes, shall be as follows :
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of                            — June                            24.66
Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, refer­                          — July                            27.33
ence prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal                        — August                          28.42
 to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as                           — September                       25.05
                                                                               — October                         21.68
 necessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ­
                                                                               — November                         19.35
ence between the percentages representing respec­
                                                                               — December                         19.92
 tively the variation compared with the preceding
 marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in                           — January                         20.98
the financial compensation provided for by Council                             — February                         19.71
                                                                               — March                           20.14
Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969
laying down special measures for improving the                                 — April                           20.48
production and marketing of Community citrus                                   — May                             22.49 .
fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
793/76 (4) ;
                                                                                               Article 2
(■)  OJ  No  L 118 , 20 .  5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(z ) OJ  No  L 93, 8 . 4.   1976, p . 6.
(3)  OJ  No  L 318 , 18 .  12. 1969, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 93 , 8 . 4.  1976, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1976.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 25 May 1976.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission