CELEX: 31973R1662
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1662/73 of the Commission of 22 June 1973 derogating, for the beginning of the 1973/74 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears

No L 166/ 18                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 6 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1662/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 22 June 1973
              derogating , for the beginning of the 1973/74 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 1973 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          until 2 September 1973 and 65 mm from 3 to 16
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                    September ;
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, 70 mm
particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2)                     until 23 September ;
thereof ;
                                                                 (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm until
Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert                      2 September ;
apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 (3) of 27 July 1971 , the           (d) for apples of the Cox s Orange Pippin variety, 65
fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory           mm until 23 September ;
condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of           (e) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety, 60 mm
the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples               until 1 1 August.
and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the
marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ;
whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the                 However, Member States may, in the light of condi­
quality standard is not large enough to meet that                tions peculiar to their home production, decide not to
requirement, it should be fixed at a higher level for a          apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and
certain period ;                                                 pears harvested in their territory marketed in the
                                                                 Community, or bring forward the date on which the
Whereas the need for this derogation from the
minimum size laid down in the quality standards may              derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without
not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the              delay inform the other Member States and the
                                                                 Commission thereof.
Member States should therefore be empowered not to
apply the derogation or to reapply the standards
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 ;
                                                                                          Article 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the                   following the 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, 22 June 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          François-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 .
h) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .