CELEX: 31973R1614
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1614/73 of the Commission of 18 June 1973 fixing the reference prices for table grapes for the 1973 marketing year

No L 162/ 8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           19 . 6 . 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1614/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 18 June 1973
                       fixing the reference prices for table grapes for the 1973 marketing year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    periods and a reference price fixed for each of those
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      periods ;
                                                                   Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                the averages of the prices recorded during the three
 pean Economic Community ;                                         years prior to the date of fixing of the reference
                                                                   price for a home-grown product with defined
                                                                   commercial characteristics on the representative
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                     market or markets situated in the production areas
 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                  where prices are lowest, for the products or varie­
  zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last            ties which represent a considerable proportion of
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745 /72 (2), and                  production marketed throughout the year or during
 in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                          part of it, and which satisfy specified requirements
                                                                   as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the
                                                                   average of prices recorded on each representative
 Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)               market is being calculated, prices which could be
 No 1035 /72, reference prices valid for the whole                 considered excessively high or excessively low in
 Community are to be fixed each year, before the                   relation to normal price fluctuations on the market
 beginning of the marketing year, in respect of the               should be disregarded ;
 whole marketing year ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
                                                                  lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 Whereas table grapes are produced in such quanti­                Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
 ties in the Community that a reference price should
 be fixed for them ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas table grapes harvested during a given crop
                                                                                             Article 1
 year are marketed from May to April of the next
year ; whereas the quantities harvested in May and                For the 1973 marketing year, the reference prices
 June during the first 10 days of July, the last 10                applicable to table grapes (subheading 08.04 A I of
 days of November and also December to April of                   the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
 the next year are so small that there is no need to               account for 100 kg net of packed products of Class
 fix reference prices for that period ; whereas refer­             1 of all sizes, shall be as follows :
 ence prices should be fixed only for the period from
 11 July to 20 November ;                                         — July       1 to 10                               —
                                                                              11 to 20                               28.2
                                                                              21 to 31                               23.2
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation                — August                                           20.6
 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal
 to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each                — September                                        18.1
 Member State plus an amount representing the costs               — October                                          17.9
 of transporting Community products from the                      — November          1 to 10                        21.2
 production areas to Community marketing centres ;                                   11 to 20                        24.1
 whereas the trend of average basic prices and                                      21 to 30                         —
 buying-in prices should also be taken into account ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account,                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July
the marketing year should be divided into several                 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 18 June 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           François-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(*) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147.