CELEX: 31973R0184
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 184/73 of the Council of 23 January 1973 fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for pears from 1 February to 30 April 1973

30 . 1 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 25 / 17
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 184/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 23 January 1973
                 fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for pears from 1 February to 30 April 1973
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            Whereas pears produced within the Community
                                                                     include several varieties ; whereas different quotations
                                                                     according to varieties are recorded on the market;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                whereas a sufficiently representative variety should,
Economic Community ;                                                 therefore, be selected for the application of the
                                                                     intervention system ; whereas passe crassane pears,
                                                                     quality Class I, satisfy this requirement for the period
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         in question ;
1035/72 (x ) of 18 May 1972 on the common
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as               Whereas the surplus production areas to be used for
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2 )                     fixing the basic price in accordance with Article 16
and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) and Article 35                    (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are, for
thereof;
                                                                     February, March and April, those situated in the
                                                                     Italian provinces of Ravenna, Bologna and Ferrara ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                     Whereas, taking account of the method of calculating
Whereas the marketing of pears harvested during a                    the basic price referred to in Article 16 (2) of
given year of production is spread between June and                   Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the level of this price
May of the following year;                                            is such that the application of the criterion referred to
                                                                      in Article 16 (3 ) of that Regulation, limiting the level
                                                                      of the buying-in i price to 55 % of the basic price,
Whereas under Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)                    would result in fixing the latter for the remainder of
No 1035/72, the basic price and the buying-in price                   the current marketing year at a substantially lower
of the product for the marketing year must be fixed                   level than for last year; whereas this would be
annually ; whereas, however, for the current year, and                disadvantageous to producers and should be avoided;
since the Treaty concerning the Accession of new                      whereas recourse should be had to Article 35 of this
 Member States to the European Economic                               Regulation to fix the buying-in price at a higher level
 Community and the European Atomic Energy                             for the part of the year in question than the
 Community (3), signed at Brussels on 22 January                      abovementioned limit in order, as a general rule, to
 1972, applies to this market from 1 February 1973 ,                  ensure compensation for producers' organizations at
 these prices have been fixed only until 31 January                   least equal to that of last year ;
 1973 ; whereas the basic and buying-in prices must,
 therefore, be fixed for the remainder of the marketing
 year, taking into account data relating to the
 production of the products in question in the new                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Member States ;
                                                                                               Article 1
 Whereas under the second subparagraph of Article 16
  ( 1 ) of -Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72, each marketing
 period at the beginning and at the end of the                        1 . For the period from 1 February to 30 April
 marketing year is to be disregarded ; whereas at the                 1973 , the basic and buying-in price for pears, other
 end of the marketing year the quantities marketed in                 than perry pears, in units of account per 100 kg net,
 May are only a small percentage of the metric                        are fixed as follows :
 tonnage marketed throughout the whole year;
                                                                                                   Basic price   Buying-in price
 whereas, therefore, this month should be disregarded ;
                                                                       February, March, April         11-0            6-8
  (!) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                              2.    The prices quoted in paragraph 1 are those for
  (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 147.                           passe crassane pears, quality Class I, size equal to or
  (3) Special Edition, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                              larger than 70 mm, packed.
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                       Article 2                                                      Article 3
The prices referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include      The information to be communicated under Article
the cost of the packing in which the product is               17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 shall include
presented.                                                    prices exclusive of packing recorded for the variety
                                                              referred to in Article 1 (2).
If the price ascertained for a particular product on a
representative market, in accordance with Article 17
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, includes all or part                                  Article 4
of the cost of the packing in which the product is
presented, the price shall be reduced by the cost of          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
the packing included.                                         1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                    L. TINDEMANS