CELEX: 31973R1615
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1615/73 of the Commission of 18 June 1973 fixing the reference prices for peaches for the 1973 marketing year

19 . 6 . 73                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 162/9
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1615/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 18 June 1973
                        fixing the reference prices for peaches 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                  commercial characteristics on the representative
 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                market or markets situated in the production areas
 zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last           where prices are lowest, for the products or varie­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and                 ties which represent a considerable proportion of
 in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                        production marketed throughout the year or during
                                                                 part of it, and which satisfy specified requirements
                                                                 as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the
 Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)             average of prices recorded on each representative
 No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole               market is being calculated, prices which could be
Community are to be fixed each year, before the                 considered excessively high or excessively low in rela­
 beginning of the marketing year, in respect of the              tion to normal price fluctuations on the market
 whole marketing year ;                                          should be disregarded ;
 Whereas peaches are produced in such quantities in             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
 the Community that a reference price should be                 lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 fixed for them ;                                         A      Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas peaches harvested during a given crop year
 are marketed from May to October ; whereas the
 quantities harvested in May and during the first ten                                      Article 1
 days of June and for the month of October are so                For the marketing year 1973 the reference prices
 small that there is no need to fix reference prices             applicable to peaches (subheading ex 08.07 B of the
 for that period ; whereas reference prices should be            Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
 fixed only for the period from 11 June to 30                    account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class
 September ;                                                     1 of all sizes, shall be as follows :
                                                                — June until 20                                   31.3
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation
                                                                            21 to 30                              28.8
 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal
to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each               — July                                            25.0
 Member State plus an amount representing the costs             — August                                          23.5
 of transporting Community products from the                    — September                                       23.0
 production areas to Community marketing centres ;
whereas the trend of average basic prices and
                                                                                           Article 2
 buying-in prices should also be taken into account ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Whereas to take seasonal variations into account,              following its publication in the Official Journal of
 the marketing year should be divided into several              the European Communities,
               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.