CELEX: 31976R1599
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/76 of 1 July 1976 derogating in respect of the opening weeks of the 1976/77 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears

No L 177/20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              2. 7. 76
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1599/76
                                                        of 1 July 1976
              derogating in respect of the opening weeks of the 1976/77 marketing year, from
               the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size
COMMUNITIES,                                                      required of fruit of the 1976 harvest marketed in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Community shall be :
Economic Community,                                               (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm up
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           to and including 29 August 1976 and 65 mm from
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                      30 August to 12 September 1976 inclusive ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last                (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 65 mm
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                      up to and including 12 September 1976 ;
particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2)               (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm up to
thereof,                                                               and including 29 August 1976 ;
Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert                  (d) for apples of the Cox's Orange Pippin variety, 65
apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission                    mm up to and including 19 September 1976 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 (>), as              (e) for apples of the Worcester pearmain variety, 60
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 833/73 (4), the                       mm up to and including 5 September 1976 ;
fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory       (f) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety 60 mm up
condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of                 to and including 8 August 1976 and 55 mm from
the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples                9 August up to and including 21 August 1976 ;
and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the
marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ;
                                                                  (g) for pears of the Alexandrine Douillard variety, 60
whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the                       mm up to and including 19 September 1976 ;
relevant quality standard is not large enough to meet             (h) for pears of the Beurr4 Hardy variety, 60 mm up
that requirement, it should be fixed for a certain                     to and including 3 October 1976.
period at a higher level ;                                         However Member States may, in the light of condi­
Whereas the need for this derogation from the                      tions peculiar to their home production, decide not to
minimum size laid down in the quality standards may                apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and
not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the                pears harvested in their territory and marketed in the
Member States should therefore be empowered not to                 Community, or to bring forward the date on which
apply the derogation or to re-apply the standard                   the derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without
earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ;                   delay inform the other Member States and the
                                                                   Commission of such decision .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                  2. The standards shall remain applicable in trade in
ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                           dessert apples and pears with third countries.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 2
                          Article 1
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
quality standards for dessert apples and pears and                 the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 1 July 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (») OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
  2) OJ No  L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.
 (3) OJ No  L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .
 («) OJ No  L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 17.