CELEX: 31975R1669
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1669/75 of the Commission of 30 June 1975 derogating, in respect of the opening weeks of the 1975/76 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears

1 . 7. 75                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 168 / 53
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1669/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 30 June 1975
              derogating in respect of the opening weeks of the 1975/76 marketing year, from
                 the quality standards applicable to certain varieties , of dessert apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size
COMMUNITIES,                                                           required of fruit of the 1975 harvest marketed in^the
Having regard to the Treaty> establishing the European                 Community shall be :
Economic Community ;
                                                                      (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm up
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                to and including 31 August 1975, and 65 mm
1 035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 oh the common organiza­                         from 1 to 14 September 1975 inclusive ;
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                    (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 65 mm
particular the second subparagraph of Article 2(2)                          up to and including 7 September 1975 ;
thereof ;                                                              (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm up to
Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert                            and including 31 August 1975 ;
apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission                    (d) for apples of the Cox's Orange Pippin variety, 65
Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 (3) of 27 July 1971 , as                       mm up to and including 21 September 1975,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1833/73 (4), the
fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory            (e) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety 60 mm up
condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of                      to and including 17 August 1975 ;
the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples                (f) for pears of the Alexandrine Douillard variety, 60
and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the                      mm up to and including 14 September 1975.
marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ;
whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the
relevant quality standard is not large enough to meet                  However, Member States may,, in the light of condi­
that requirement, it should be fixed for a certain                     tions peculiar to their home production, decide not to
period at a higher level ;                                             apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and
                                                                       pears harvested in their territory and marketed in the
Whereas the need for this derogation from the                          Community, or to bring forward the date on which
minimum size laid down in the quality standards may                    the derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without
not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the                    delay inform the other Member States and the
Member States should therefore be empowered not to                     Commission of such decision .
apply the derogation or to re-apply the standard
earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ;
                                                                       2. The standards shall remain applicable in trade in
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   dessert apples and pears with third countries.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                  Article 2
                              Article 1
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
1.     By way of derogation from Title III of the                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
quality standards for dessert apples and pears and                      the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 June 1975.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 291 ,  28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.
(J) OJ  No  L 172,   31 . 7 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 185,   7. 7. 1973, p. - 17 .