CELEX: 31972R1158
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1158/72 of the Commission of 2 June 1972 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes

480                                  Official Journal of' the European Communities
  No L 128 /20                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                  3.6.72
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1158/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 2 June 1972
                                          fixing the reference prices for tomatoes
 THE    COMMISSION       OF    THE    EUROPEAN       COM­          subparagraph of Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 MUNITIES ,                                                        No 1035/72 provides that entry prices for imported
                                                                   products must be calculated at, or converted to, the
                                                                   import/wholesale stage ; whereas these prices are
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      therefore directly comparable to the arithmetic mean
 European Economic Community ;                                     of producer prices; whereas there is consequently no
                                                                   need to increase the latter by the amount referred to
                                                                   above ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1035 /721 of 18 May 1972 on the common
 organization of the market in fruit and vegetables,               Whereas Article 23 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
 and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof;                       1035 /72 provides that producer prices in each
                                                                  Member State must correspond to the average of
                                                                   quotations recorded during the three years preceding
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    the fixing of the reference price on the representative
 1035/72 and Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation             market or markets situated in the production areas
 (EEC) No 1291 /702 of 1 July 1970 laying down                    where prices are lowest ; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of
detailed rules for the application of that Article                Regulation (EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the
provide that reference prices valid for the whole of              quotations used for the purposes of this calculation
the Community must be fixed each year before the                  must relate to packed Class I products of all size
beginning of the marketing year ;                                  grades, the cost of the packing being included in the
                                                                  quotations ; whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC ) No 1035 /72 lays down that only quotations
Whereas, given the extent of tomato production                    recorded for products or varieties which represent a
within the Community, a reference price must be                   considerable proportion of marketed production for
fixed for that product ;                                          part of the year or throughout the whole year should
                                                                  be taken into account ;
Whereas the reference price for a home-grown
product with given commercial specifications is equal             Whereas Article 23 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each                 1035 /72 provides that when the average of
Member State, increased by an amount calculated on                quotations on each representative market is being
the basis of marketing costs with a view to enabling              calculated quotations which seem excessively high or
the reference price and prices of products imported               excessively low in relation to normal price
from third countries to be compared at the same                   fluctuations on that market must be excluded ;
marketing stage ; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the quotations to be
taken into consideration when producer prices are                 Whereas, in order to take seasonal fluctuations into
being determined must relate either to the 'ex                    account the marketing year should be subdivided into
producer group' marketing stage or to any other                   a number of periods and a reference price fixed for
comparable marketing stage ; whereas the first                    each of those periods ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
1 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p . 1 .                                are in accordance with the Opinion of the
- OJ No L 144, 2.7.1970, p . 10.                                  Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 — October                                     14-6
                                                              — November                                    13-3
                       Article 1
                                                              — December (from 1 to 20 inclusive).          10-6
The reference prices for tomatoes (subheading No
07.01 A4 of the Common Customs Tariff) expressed
in units of account per 100 kg net are hereby fixed as                                Article 2
follows for packed Class I products of all size grades :
— from 1 June to 10 July inclusive            17-7            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
— from 11 July to 31 August inclusive         11-0            European Communities. It shall iapply until 30 April
— September                                   12-1            1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 June 1972.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                   S. L. MANSHOLT