CELEX: 31973R1020
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1020/73 of the Commission of 16 April 1973 applying quality classes 'III' to certain fruit for the 1973/74 marketing year

17. 4. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 102/ 11
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1020/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 16 April 1973
                  applying quality classes 'III' to certain fruit for the 1973/74 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     only if the products concerned are needed to meet
COMMUNITIES,                                                       consumer demand ; whereas this appears to be the
                                                                   case at present for lemons, table grapes, cherries and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             strawberries ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluc­
 Economic Community ;                                              tuations in production from one marketing year to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      another, the period of application of the quality
 1035/72 ( !) of 18 May 1972 on the common market                  classes 'III' should be limited ;
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as             Whereas the measures provided by the present Regula­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and               tion are in conformity with the Advice of the Manage­
in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof ;                            ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables.
Whereas Council Regulation No 21 1 /66/EEC (3) of 14
 December 1966 added a class ' III' to the common                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
quality standards for peaches and table grapes ;
whereas a class was added to the common quality                                             Article 1
standards for cherries and strawberries by Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1 194/69 (4) ; whereas Commis­                 The classes ' III provided for in the common quality
sion Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 (5) of 19 February                 standards shall apply to the products listed in the
 1971 laying down the common quality standards for                 Annex to this Regulation and, for each of them, for
citrus fruit and Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    the periods mentioned therein.
 1641 /71 (6) of 27 July 1971 laying down quality stand­
ards for dessert apples and pears defined a Class 'III'                                     Article 2
for these products.
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)           following its publication in the Official Journal of
No 1035/72, the quality classes 'III' may be applied                the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 16 April 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ  No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 147.
(3) OJ  No  233 , 20 . 12. 1966, p. 3939/ 66.
(«) OJ  No  L 157, 28 . 6. 1969, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p . 1 .
M OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .
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                                                ANNEX
             Lemons :            from 1 June 1973 to 31 May 1974
             Table grapes :       from 1 May 1973 to 30 April 1974
             Cherries :          from  1 May 1973 to 30 September 1973
             Strawberries :      from  1 May 1973 to 30 September 1973 .