CELEX: 31978R2657
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2657/78 of 13 November 1978 derogating in respect of the 1978/79 marketing year from the common quality standards for brussels sprouts

14 . 11 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 320/9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2657/78
                                                    of 13 November 1978
               derogating in respect of the 1978/79 marketing year from the common quality
                                                standards for brussels sprouts
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                                      Article 1
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ( ! ), as last             By way of derogation from the provisions of Section
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 766/78 (2), and in              III of the common quality standards for brussels
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3)              sprouts, the minimum diameter shall be 15 milli­
 thereof,
                                                                  metres for untrimmed brussels sprouts.
 Whereas common quality standards for brussels
                                                                                         Article 2
 sprouts were laid down in Council Regulation No
 41 /66/EEC of 29 March 1966 (3) ;                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 Whereas there have been considerable advances in                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
 brussels sprouts growing techniques ; whereas the                the European Communities.
 common quality standards should take account of                  It shall apply for the duration of the 1978/79
 these developments ;                                             marketing year.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 13 November 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
( 1) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978 , p. 12.
(3) OJ No 69, 19. 4. 1966, p. 1013/66.