CELEX: 31975R0840
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 840/75 of the Commission of 26 March 1975 fixing for the 1975 marketing year the reference prices for tomatoes

28 . 3 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 79/59
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 840/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 26 March 1975
                    fixing for the 1975 marketing year the reference prices for tomatoes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      average of the prices recorded 6n the representative
                                                                   market or markets situated in the production areas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to
Economic Community ;                                               the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a
                                                                   home-grown product with defined commercial charac­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       teristics, being a product or variety representing a
                                                                   substantial proportion of the production marketed
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
                                                                   over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last
                                                                   fied requirements as regards market preparation ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in
                                                                   whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each
particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ;
                                                                   representative market is being* calculated, prices which
                                                                   could be considered excessively high or excessively
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
474/75 (3) of 27 February 1975 fixing the basic prices             market are to be disregarded ;
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, and in
particular Article 1 1 thereof ;
                                                                   Whereas up to 10 July Community-produced toma­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23(1 ) of Regulation                  toes are grown mainly under glass ; whereas the refer­
(EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the                   ence prices for the first part of the marketing year
whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of                must therefore be fixed for a product of that type ;
the marketing year ;                                               whereas, taking into account the increase in produc­
                                                                   tion costs consequent principally upon higher fuel
Whereas tomatoes are produced in such quantities , in              costs, there is reason to provide for this period an addi­
the Community that reference prices should be fixed                tional increase in the reference* price ; whereas toma­
for them ;                                                         toes imported from certain third countries will have
                                                                   been grown in the open ; whereas, although such
                                                                   tomatoes may be classed in Class I, their quality and
Whereas tomatoes harvested during a given crop year                price are not comparable with those of products
are marketed from January to December ; whereas the                grown under glass ; whereas the prices for tomatoes
quantities harvested from January to March and                     not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by
during the last 10 days of December are so small that              a conversion factor ;
there is no need to fix reference prices for the whole
year ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only
for the period from the beginning of April up to and
including 20 December ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation                   Whereas, from October to December inclusive, toma­
(EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are to be equal              toes imported from certain third countries will have
to the arithmetic mean of ! producer prices in each                been cultivated under glass ; whereas a conversion
Member State plus an amount representing the costs                 factor should also be applied to the prices of these
of transporting Community products from the produc­                tomatoes to make them comparable with the refer­
tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas                ence prices calculated during this period on the basis
the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices             of prices of Community products cultivated in the
must also be taken into account ;                                  open ;
Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the -
year should be divided into several periods and a refer­
ence price fixed for each of these periods ;
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(2 ) OJ No L 292, 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(3) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 24.                               ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 ---pagebreak--- No L 79/ 60                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           28 . 3 . 75
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  2. For the purpose of calculating the entry price :
                                                              (a) the prices for tomatoes not produced under glass
                         Article 1                                and imported from third countries, shall , after
                                                                  deduction of customs duties, be multiplied during
1 . For the 1975 marketing year, the reference                    the period 1 April to 10 July by a conversion
prices for tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the                    factor of 1 -80 .
Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of                 (b) the price for tomatoes produced under glass and
account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I,             imported from third countries shall , after deduc­
of all sizes, shall be as follows :
                                                                  tion of customs duties, be multiplied during the
—   April :                                         89.95         period 1 October to 20 December by a conversion
—   May :                                           67.38         factor of 0-55 .
—   1 June to 10 July :                             49.17
                                                                                    Article 2
—   11 July to 31 August :                          16.69
—   September :                                     18.21     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
— 1 October to 20 December :                        20.77      1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 March 1975.
                       '                                                For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission