CELEX: 31975R0474
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 474/75 of the Council of 27 February 1975 fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the 1975/76 marketing year and derogating for this marketing year from Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as regards certain reference prices

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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 474/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 27 February 1975
              fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the" 1975/76
              marketing year and derogating for this marketing year from Article 23 of Regulation
                                  (EEC) No 1035/72 as regards certain reference prices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, however, pursuant to the third subpara­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        graph of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/
                                                                    72, no basic price or buying-in price must be fixed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        for the slack marketing periods at the beginning and
                                                                    at the end of the marketing year;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                           Whereas, when the basic prices and buying-in
No 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common                         prices for fruit and vegetables are fixed, account
                                                                    should be taken of the aims of the common
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2),                 agricultural policy and the contribution which the
and in particular Article 16 (1) thereof;                           Community desires to make to the harmonious
                                                                    development of world trade; whereas the objectives
                                                                    of the common agricultural policy are in particular
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                  to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
                                                                    community, to ensure that supplies are available, and
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                        that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
Parliament;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 ( 1) of Regulation                 Whereas the basic prices must be fixed by reference
(EEC) No 1035/72, a basic price and a buying-in                     to the trend in the average prices recorded during
price are to be fixed for each marketing year for                   the three preceding years on the most representative
each of the products listed in Annex II to the said                producer markets within the Community for a
Regulation ; whereas the products harvested in a                   product with     defined commercial characteristics, such
given production year, are marketed :                               as variety or   type, quality class, size and packaging ;
— as regards cauliflowers, from May to April of                    whereas the       buying-in prices must be fixed by
    the following year,                                            reference to     the basic price in accordance with
                                                                    Article 16 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
— as regards tomatoes, from January to December,
— as regards peaches, from May to October,
                                                                    Whereas the glasshouse production of cucumbers and
— as regards lemons, from June to May of the                       tomatoes is characterized, by reason in particular of
    following year,                                                 higher fuel prices, by an increase in production costs
— as regards pears, from June to May of the                        which is greater than that observed with open air
    following year,                                                produce; whereas in consequence, in order that the
                                                                   reference prices for glasshouse produce can attain
— as regard table grapes, from May to April of the                  their objective, there are grounds for increasing them
    following year,                                                 for part of the marketing season,
— as regards apples, from July to June of the
    following year,
— as regards mandarins, from November to March                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    of the following year,
— as regards sweet oranges, from October to June                                             Article 1
    of the following year;
                                                                    1 . For the period from 1 May 1975 to 30 April 1976,
                                                                   the basic price and buying-in price for cauliflowers,
(*) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p . 1 .                              in units of account per 100 kg net, shall be as
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147                           follows :
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                              basic price   buying-in price                                  basic price   buying-in price
 May                              10.40            4.55          June                            24.79          15.07
 June                             13.13           5-70           July to September               22.90          14.13
 July                             10.82            4-65
 August                           10.82           4.65           2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
 September                        12.29           5.18           following packed products:
 October                          13.02           5-49           — peaches of the Fior di Maggio (May Flower)
 November                          9.77           4.23               variety, Quality Class I, size 51/61 mm, for the
                                                                     month of June;
December                           9-77           4.23
January                            9-77           4-23          — peaches of the Amsden, Charles Ingouf, and
                                                                     Sant'Anna varieties, Quality Class I, size 61/67
 February                          8-61           3.71               mm, for the month of July;
March                              9-45           4.02
                                                                — peaches of the Red Haven and Fair Haven
April                              9.66           4-23               varieties, Quality Class I, size 61/67 mm, for the
                                                                     month of August;
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
 following packed products :                                    — peaches of the J. H. Hale variety, Quality Class I,
                                                                     size 61/67 mm, for the month of September.
— cauliflowers 'with leaves' of Quality Class I, for
      the months of May, November, December,
      January, February, March and April;                                               Article 4
— 'trimmed' cauliflowers of Quality Class I, for
      the months of June, July, August, September and            1. For the period from 1 June 1975 to 31 May 1976,
      October.                                                  the basic price and buying-in price of lemons, in
                                                                units of account per 100 kg net, shall be as follows :
                         Article 2                                                          basic price   buying-in price
                                                                June                             24-47          14.70
1 . For the period from 1 June to 30 November 1975,
                                                                July                             25-31          15-22
the basic price and buying-in price for tomatoes, in
units of account per 100 kg net, shall be as follows :          August                           25-20          15.12
                             basic price   buying-in price      September                        21-32          13-96
June : first 10 days                                            October                          19-53          13-75
          second 10 days          17-07           7.10
                                                                November                         18.69          11-23
          third 10 days           14.97           6.47
                                                                December                         18.17          11-02
July                              12.87           5-32
                                  10.87           4.58
                                                                January                          19-01          11-44
August
September                         11-92           5-00          February                         17-96          10-92
October                           15.49           6- 37         March                            19.11          11-44
November                          16.96           7-52          April                            20.48          12-28
                                                                May                              21-21          12-70
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to packed
'round' and 'ribbed' tomatoes of Quality Class I,
size 57/67 mm and packed 'elongated' tomatoes of                2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to packed
Quality Class I, size 40/47 mm.                                 lemons of Quality Class I, size 53/62 mm.
                         Article 3                                                      Article 5
1 . For the period from 1 June to 30 September 1975,            1 . For the period from 1 July 1975 to 30 April 1976,
the basic price and buying-in price for peaches                 the basic price and buying-in price for pears, other
(excluding nectarines), in units of account per 100 kg          than perry pears , in units of account per 100 kg net,
net, shall be as follows :                                      shall be as follows :
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                              basic price     buying-inprice                               Article 7
July                               15.92            8.10
August                            14.35             7.78'          1 . For the period from 1 August 1975 to 31 May
                                                                  1976, the basic price and buying-in price for apples,
September                         13.40             7-26          other than cider apples in units of account per 100 kg
                                                                  net, shall be as follows :
October                           14-24             7.26
                                                                                                basic price  buying-in price
November                          14.56             7.47
December                          14-87             7.78
                                                                  August                            13.97            7.11
                                                                  September                         13.97            7-11
January to April inclusive        15.08             7.99
                                                                  October                            13.97           7-21
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the                 November                           14.29           7-32
following packed products :                                       December                          15-44            7-95
(a) pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety, Quality
                                                                  January                           16.91            8-68
     Class I, size 60 mm or more, for the month of
     July ;                                                       February                          18.17            9-21
                                                                  March to May                      19-64            9-94
(b) pears of the Dr Jules Guyot, Clapp's favourite,
     and Bon chrétien Williams varieties, Quality
     Class I, size 60 mm or more, for the month of                2 . The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
     August;                                                      following packed products :
(c) pears of the Bon chrétien Williams and                        (a) apples of the James Grieve variety, Quality Class I,
     Conference varieties, Quality Class I, size 60 mm
                                                                       size 70 mm or more, for the month of August;
     or more, for the months of September and
     October;
                                                                  (b) — apples of the James Grieve and Golden
(d ) — pears of the Conference and Alexandrine                             Delicious varieties, Quality Class I, size 70 mm
         Douillard varieties, Quality Class I, size                        or more, for the month of September ;
         60 mm or more for the month of November ;
                                                                       — apples of the " Reine des reinettes variety,
     — pears of the Passe-crassane variety, Quality                        Quality Class I, size 65 mm or more, for the
         Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the month of                     month of September;
         November;
                                                                  (c) apples of the Golden Delicious variety, Quality
    — pears of the Conference variety, Quality                         Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the months
         Class I, size 60 mm or more, for the months                   October to May.
         December to April :
     — pears of the Passe-crassane variety, Quality
         Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the months                                       Article 8
         December to April.
                                                                  1 . For the period from 16 November 1975 to
                          Article 6                               29 February 1976, the basic price and the buying-in
                                                                  price of mandarins, in units of account per 100 kg
                                                                  net, shall be as follows :
1 . For the period from 1 August to 31 October 1975 ,
the basic price and buying-in price for table grapes,                                           basic price  buying-in price
in units of account per 100 kg net, shall be as follows :
                                                                   16 to 30 November                24-39           16-12
                              basic price    buying-in price
                                                                  December                          24-08           15-70
August                            19.12            12.50
                                                                  January                           23-66           15.07
September and October              15-97            9.66
                                                                  February                          22-29           14-65
2 . The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to packed
table grapes of the Regina Dei Vigneti and Regina                 2 . The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to packed
 ( mennavacca bianca ) varieties , Quality Class I.               mandarins of Quality Class I, size 54/64 mm .
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                         Article 9                                                    Article 10
1 . For the period from 1 December 1975 to                      The prices quoted in Articles 1 to 9 do not include
30 April 1976, the basic price and buying-in price              the cost of the packaging in which the product is
for sweet oranges, in units of account per 100 kg net,          presented.
shall be as follows :
                             basic price   buying-in price                           Article 11
December                         21.89           14-25
                                                                By derogation from Article 23 (2) of Regulation
January                          18.95           12-78
                                                                (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices applicable :
February                         19.47           13.20
                                                                — for cucumbers from 1 March to 30 June 1975,
March                            21-05           13.41              and
April                           21-57            13.62
                                                                — for romatoes from 1 April to 10 July 1975,
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the               shall be fixed at the level of the amounts resulting
following packed products :                                     from the application of the provisions of the said
                                                                paragraph, increased by 10 % .
— oranges of the Moro variety, Quality Class 1 ,
     size 67/80 mm, for the month of December;                                        Article 12
— oranges of the Sanguinello variety, Quality
     Class I, size 67/80 mm, for the months January to          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
     April .                                                    1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975 .
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                     M. A. CLINTON