CELEX: 31972R1006
Language: en
Date: 1972-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1006/72 of the Commission of 16 May 1972 fixing reference prices for cherries

72                                    Official Journal of the European Communities
   17.5.72                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 NoL 115/37
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 1006/ 72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 16 May 1972
                                                 fixing reference prices for cherries
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                             Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 11 (2) of
  TIES,                                                                Regulation No 23 provides that producer prices in each
                                                                       Member State must correspond to the average of quota­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                       tions recorded during the three years preceding the fixing
  Economic Community ;
                                                                       of the reference price on the representative market Or
                                                                       markets situated in the production areas where prices are
  Having regard to Regulation No 23 1 on the progressive               lowest ; whereas Article 1 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC) No
  establishment of a common organization of the market
                                                                        1291/ 70 provides that the quotations used for the pur­
   in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation
                                                                       poses of this calculation must relate tq Clasfc I produce
  (EEC) No 2727/7 1 2, and in particular Article 11(2)                 of all sizegrades put up in packages , the cost of the pack­
  thereof;
                                                                      age being included in such quotations; whereas the se­
                                                                       cond subparagraph of Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation No
  Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 1 (2) of Re­             23 prescribes that only quotations for products or varie­
   gulation No 23 and Article 1(1) of Commission Regu­                ties which represent a considerable proportion of mar­
   lation (EEC) No 1291/703 of 1 July 1970 laying down                keted production for part of the year or all the year '
  detailed rules for the application of that Article provide           round should be taken into account ;
  that reference prices valid for the whole Community
  must be fixed each year before the beginning of the mar­            Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 1 1 (2) of
  keting year;                                                        Regulation No 23 provides that, when the average of
                                                                      quotations on each representative market is being calcu­
» Whereas , given the extent of cherry production in the              lated, quotations which seem excessively high or exces­
  Community, a reference price must be fixed for that                 sively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that
  product ;                                                           market must be excluded;
  Whereas the reference price for a home-grown product                Whereas in order to take seasonal price fluctuations into
                                                                      account the marketing year should be subdivided into a
  with given commercial specifications is equal to the
  arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State,            number of periods and a reference price fixed for each of
                                                                      these periods ;
  increased by an amount calculated on the basis of mar­
  keting costs with a view to enabling the reference price            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  and prices of products imported from third countries to             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
  be compared at the same marketing stage; whereas Arti­              Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
  cle 1 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291/70 provides that
  the quotations to be taken into consideration when pro­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  ducer prices are being determined must relate either to
                                                                                                Article 1
  the 'ex producer group' marketing stage or to another
  comparable marketing stage; whereas the sixth subpara­              The reference prices for cherries (heading No 08.07 C of
  graph of Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation No 23 provides               the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of ac­
  that entry prices for imported products must be calcul­             count per 100 kg net weight, shall be as follows for Class
  ated at, or converted . to, the import wholesale stage;             I produce of all size-grades put up in packages :
  whereas these prices are therefore directly comparable to           May ( 1 1 to 3 1 inclusive)                              41» 8
  the arithmetic mean of producer prices ; whereas there is           June                                                     34»9
  consequently no need to increase the latter by the                  July                                                     33-4
  amount referred to above;                                           August                                                   25 »3
                                                                                                 Article 2
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follow­
   1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62.
   2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8.                                   ing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
   3 OJ NoL 144, 2.7.1970, p. 10.                                     pean Communities. It shall apply until 30 April 1973.
 ---pagebreak---                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            73
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 May 1972.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                               S. L. MANSHOLT