CELEX: 31977R2451
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2451/77 of 8 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 applying quality class III to certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year

No L 285/ 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          9 . 11 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2451 /77
                                                       of 8 November 1977
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 applying quality class III to certain fruit
                                                 for the 1977/78 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     application of quality class III should be limited ;
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      whereas, under Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1035/72, this period cannot in any case extend
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             beyond 31 December 1977 ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
                                                                   time limit set by its chairman,
of the market in fruit and vegetables (J ), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in
 particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of
 19 February 1971 laying down common quality stand­                                       Article 1
ards for citrus fruit (3) and Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 laying down                      The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 is hereby
quality standards for dessert apples and pears (4), as             amended by the addition of the following :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1833/73 (5), laid                       '— Oranges : from 1 October to 31 December
down a class III for the products concerned ;                              1977
Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article                  — Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines, tange­
4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the quality                        rines and other hybrids : from 1 November to
                                                                           31 December 1977
class III may be applied only if the products
concerned are needed to meet consumer demand ;                          — Apples of the varieties Belle de Boskoop,
whereas, this need, which has already been recognized                      Cox's orange pippin and Bramley's Seedling :
for lemons by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                               from 1 October to 31 December 1977'.
 609/77 of 23 March 1977 applying quality class III to
certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year (6), also                                    Article 2
appears to exist at present for citrus fruits other than
lemons and for certain varieties of apples ; whereas, in           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
view of the considerable fluctuations in production                following its publication in the Official Journal of
from one marketing year to another, the period of                  the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 8 November 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No  L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 17.
(') OJ  No  L 76, 24. 3 . 1977, p. 24.