CELEX: 31977R1426
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/77 of 29 June 1977 fixing, for the marketing year 1977/78, the reference prices for apples

No L 160/40                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             30. 6. 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1426/77
                                                          of 29 June 1977
                    fixing, for the marketing year 1977/78, the reference prices for apples
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     teristics being a product or variety representing a
  COMMUNITIES,                                                      substantial proportion of the production marketed
                                                                    over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fied requirements as regards market preparation ;
 Economic Community,                                                whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each
                                                                    representative market is being calculated, prices which
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       could be considered excessively high or excessively
  t035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
 of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last                 market are to be disregarded ;
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in
 particular Article 27(1 ) thereof,                                 Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the entry
                                                                    prices, the varieties imported from third countries of
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation                which the entry prices are to be compared with the
 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the                   prices fixed for Groups I, II and III respectively
 whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­                  should be specified ;
 ning of each marketing year ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in the              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Community that reference prices should be fixed for                ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 them ;
 Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year are
 marketed from July of one year to June of the
 following year ; whereas reference prices should there­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 fore be fixed for the period from 1 July up to and
 including 30 June of the following year ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation                                          Article 1
 (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on
 the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in
 each Member State plus an amount representing the                  1 . For the marketing year 1977/78, the reference
 cost of transporting Community products from the                   prices for apples, other than cider apples (subheading
 production areas to Community marketing centres ;                  ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff),
 whereas the trend of average basic prices and the                  expressed in units of account per 100 kilograms net of
 buying-in prices must also be taken into account ;                 packed products of Class I, of all sizes, for the variety
                                                                    Groups I, II and III shall be as follows :
 Whereas since the varieties of apples are not all                                      Group I     Group II     Group III
 comparable as regards estimation of their commercial
 value, these varieties should be classified in three               July                 21.75
 groups ;                                                           August               18.43
                                                                    September            19.83        18.30         11.42
                                                                    October              19.95        16.90         11.93
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the               November             20.85        15.88         12.07
 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­           December             21.49        1613          12.32
 ence price fixed for each of these periods ;
                                                                    January              22.88        16.52         12.69
                                                                    February             23.78        17.92         13.85
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the                    March                26.20        18.81         14.11
average of the prices recorded on the representative
 market or markets situated in the production areas
                                                                    April                26.84 j      20.09
                                                                                                                   14.48
                                                                    May                  27 09 \                    15.11
where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to            June                 28.21
 the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a
 home-grown product with defined commercial charac
(») OJ No L 118 , 20 . .5 . 1972, p . 1 .                           2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 are
(2 ) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p . 1 .                            composed as follows :
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Group I :                                                        Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman's early Worcester,
                                                                 Benoni,     Stark    earliest, Winston,   Reinette   du
Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune, Klarapfel),
James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious, Cox's             Canada, Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi, Gravensteiner,
orange pippin, Stark Delicious, Rouges américaines,              Miller's Seedling, Worcester pearmain, Weißiwinter­
Ingrid Marie, Reinette du Canada, Belle de Boskoop,              glockenapfel, Cortland, Spartan, Red Macintosh,
                                                                 various    varieties   of    Cox's other    than   Cox's
Miller's Seedling, Tydeman's early Worcester,
Worcester pearmain, Weißiwinterglockenapfel, and                 pomona, and mutations of the above varieties ;
mutations of these varieties ;                              (b) with the prices fixed for Group II, where the
Group II :                                                       imported products belong to a variety other than
                                                                 those set out in (a) and (c) ;
Reine des Reinettes (Goldparmane), Jonathan, Impera­
tore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord Derby, Lord               (c) with the prices fixed for Group III, where the
Lambourne, and mutations of these varieties ;                    imported product belongs to one of the following
                                                                 varieties : Abbondanza (Belfort), Rambour d'hiver,
Group III :                                                      Brettacher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel,
Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger, Finkenwerder,                 Kirchenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana,
Bramley's Seedling, and mutations of these varieties.            Limoncella,       Commercio,       Reinette    clochard,
                                                                 Ontario, Reinette du Mans, Lemoenapfel, Bram­
3. The entry prices of imported products are to be               ley's Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella, Cox's
compared :                                                       pomona, and mutations of the above varieties.
(a) with prices fixed for Group I, where the imported
     products belong to one of the following varieties :     Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph shall
     Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Richared, Stark        be adopted in accordance with the procedure in
     Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson, Yellow Trans­         Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 by refer­
     parent (Transparente jaune), James Grieve, Belle        ence to the changes in the varieties imported from
                                                             third countries .
     de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap, Stayman red,
     Black Winesap, Granny Smith, Dunn's Seedling,
     King Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat, Yellow Newton,                                     Article 2
     Crofton, Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's superb,
     Scarlet   pearmain,   White    winter   pearmain,       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 29 June 1977.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President