CELEX: 31973R0499
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 499/73 of the Commission of 15 February 1973 fixing the reference prices for apples for the rest of the season 1972/73

No L 49/ 14                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              22 . 2 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 499/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 15 February 1973
                           fixing the reference prices for apples for the rest of the season 1972/73
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         graph , of Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          1035/72, the entry prices of imported products must
                                                                       be calculated at or converted to the ' import/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     wholesale' stage ; whereas those prices are then
pean Economic Community ;                                               directly comparable with the arithmetic mean of the
                                                                       producer prices and therefore do not need to be
                                                                       .increased by the amount referred to above ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­
zation of the market in fruit and vegetables , as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/72 (2 ), and                      Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                1035 /72 provides that producer prices in each
                                                                       Memebr State are to correspond to the average of
                                                                        the prices recorded during the three years prior to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation                     the date of fixing the reference price, on the repre­
(EEC ) No 1035/72 and to Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commis­                     sentative market or markets situated in the produc­
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1291 /70 (3) of 1 July                        tion areas where prices are lowest ; whereas the
1970 laying down detailed rules for the application                     prices on which calculations are based must, under
of that Article, reference prices for the whole                         Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1291 /70,
Community are fixed each year before the begin­                         relate to Class I products, of alll sizes, packed, the
ning of the marketing year ; whereas for the present                    packing costs being included in the price ; whereas
 marketing year, however, since the Treaty (4)                          Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035 /72
 concerning the Accession of new Member States to                       further provides that only prices recorded for
the European Economic Community and the Euro­                           produats or varieties representing a considerable
pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels                        proportion of the production marketed for part of
 on 22 January 1972, is to apply to this sector from                    the year or throughout the whole year shall be
 1 February 1973 , reference prices for apples were                     used :
fixed up to 31 January 1973 only ; whereas prices
 should   therefore     be     fixed    for the     rest  of the
 marketing year, account being taken of conditions
 of production in respect of the products in question                   Whereas for each representative market the average
 in the new Member States ;                                              of the prices must, in accordance with Article 23 (3 )
                                                                         of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035/72, be established
                                                                         disregarding prices which appear excessively high or
Whereas, pursuant to Article 57 of the Act annexed                      low in relation      to  normal   fluctuations    on   the
 to the aforesaid Treaty, prices in the new Member                      market :
 States are to be reduced by the compensatory
 amounts ;
                                                                        Whereas, since not all varieties of apples are
 Whereas for a home-grown product with defined                           comparable in terms of their commercial value, they
 commercial characteristics the reference price is                       should be classed in three groups ;
 equal to the arithmetic mean of the producer prices
 in each Member State, plus an amount, based on
 marketing costs , calculated with a view to enabling
 the reference price and prices of imported products                    Whereas, to take account of seasonal price varia­
 to be compared at the same marketing stage ;                            tions, the part of the marketing year under consider­
 whereas, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC )                    ation should be divided into a number of periods, a
 No 1291/70, the prices to be used in determining                        separate reference price being fixed for each such
 those producer prices must relate to the 'ex-pro­                      period ;
 ducers group ' stage or to any other comparable
 marketing stage ; whereas , under the first subpara­
                                                                         Whereas, for the purpose of calculating entry prices,
                                                                         the varieties imported from third countries of which
 (*)  OJ No  L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p. 1 .                              the entry prices are respectively to be compared
 (2)  OJ No  L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 147 .
 (3)  OJ No  L 144, 2 . 7. 1970 , p. 10 .                                with the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must
 ( 4) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .                                be specified ;
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­                  ( a) with the prices fixed for Group I, in the case of
lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the                       imported products of the following varieties :
Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;                        Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Richared,
                                                                       Stark Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson, Trans­
                                                                       parent jaune (Klarapfel), James Grieve, Belle de
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          Boskoop , Stayman Winesap, Staymanred, Black
                                                                       Winesap , Granny Smith, Dunn's Seedling, King
                                                                       Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat, Yellow Newton,
                          Article 1
                                                                       Crofton , Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's superb,
1.    The reference prices for apples other than                       Scarlet pearmain, White winter pearmain,
cider apples ( subheading ex 08.06 A II of the                         Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman 's early, Worcester,
Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of                          Benoni, Stark earliest, Winston, Reinette du
account per 100 kg net, shall in respect of variety                    Canada , Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi, Graven­
Groups I, II and III, for Class I products of all sizes ,              steiner, Miller's Seedling, Worcester pearmain,
packed , be as follows :                                               various   varieties  of    Cox 's other than  Cox 's
                                                                       pomona, and mutations of the above varieties ;
                 Group I           Group II     Group III
February             15-8            11-6          7-8           (b ) with the prices fixed for Group II, in the case of
March                16-0            13-0          8-4                 imported products of varieties other than those
April                17-7      >                   8-3                 listed under ( a) and ( c) ;
                                     14-5
May                  18-4      i                   9-0
                                                                  ( c) with the prices fixed for Group III, in the case
June                 19-6             —            —
                                                                       of imported products of the following varieties :
2.     The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1                   Abbondanza (Belfort), Rambour d'hiver, Brett­
consists of the following varieties :                                  acher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel, Kirchen­
                                                                       werder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana, Limon­
Group I :                                                              cella, Commercio , Reinette clochard, Ontario ,
                                                                       Reinette du Mans , Lemoenapfel , Bramley's
Golden Delicious, Cox's orange pippin, Stark Deli­                     Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel ), Pella, Cox's
 cious, rouges américaines , Ingrid Marie, Reinette du                 pomona .
 Canada, Belle de Boskoop , and mutations of these
varieties ;                                                      Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph
Group 11 :                                                       shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                 down in Article 33 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035/72
Jonathan , Imperatore ( Morgenduft), and mutations               in the light of changes in the varietal compositions
of these varieties ;                                             of imports from third countries .
 Group III :
                                                                                            Article 2
 Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger,              Bramley's
 Seedling, and mutations of these varieties .                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
 3 . The entry prices of imported products shall be              the European Communities . It shall apply until 30
 compared :                                                      June 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 February 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            François-Xavier ORTOLI