CELEX: 31975R0950
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 950/75 of the Commission of 11 April 1975 derogating in respect of the 1975 marketing year from the common quality standards for strawberries

No L 91 / 16                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            12 . 4. 75
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 950/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 11 April 1975
              derogating in respect of the 1975 marketing year from the common quality
                                                standards for strawberries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  ' Extra' Class 25 mm
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                Class I            from the beginning of the marketing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            year until 30 June, 15 mm
Economic Community ;                                                              from 1 July until the end of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                     marketing year, 18 mm
 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables as last               No minimum size shall be required for wild strawber­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in               ries.
particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3)
thereof ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas common quality standards for strawberries
were laid down in Commission Regulation No 58 (3)
of 1 5 June 1962 ;                                               By way of derogation from the provisions of Section
                                                                 IV B, the 10 % tolerance shall apply solely to fruit
Whereas there have been considerable advances in                not conforming to the minimum size laid down for
strawberry growing techniques, and in particular in              the class in question .
the development of new varieties ; whereas by reason
of the increasing number of varieties it is becoming
extremely difficult to make a distinction between                                        Article 3
large and small varieties ; whereas the common
quality standards ought to take account of these deve­
                                                                 By way of derogation from the provisions of Section
lopments ;
                                                                VI D, the marking of size and variety specifications on
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            the packages shall be optional .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
                                                                                         Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                         Article 1
                                                                following its publication in the Official Jon met I of
                                                                 the European Communities.
By way of derogation from the provisions of Section
III of the common quality standards for strawberries,            It shall apply for the duration of the 1975 marketing
the minimum sizes shall be as follows :                         year.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 11 April 1975.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28. 12. 1972, p. 147.
(3) OJ No 56, 7. 7. 1962, p. 1906/62.