CELEX: 31973R1343
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1343/73 of the Council of 15 May 1973 fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the 1973/74 marketing year

28 . 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 141 / 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 1343/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 15 May 1973
                  fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the 1973/74
                                                           marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             — as regards apples, from July to June of the
                                                                           following year,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                       — as regards mandarins, from November to March
Article 43 thereof;                                                        of the following year,
                                                                     — as regards sweet oranges, from October to June
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                               of the following year ;
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2),                     Whereas, however, pursuant to the third
and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) thereof;                          subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1035/72, no basic price or buying-in price must
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  be fixed for the slack marketing periods at the
                                                                     beginning and at the end of the marketing year;
                                                                     whereas, moreover, a basic price and a buying-in
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                         price have already been fixed for the month of May
Parliament ;                                                         by Regulation (EEC) No 1111 /73 (3);
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 1035/72, a basic price and a buying-in                     Whereas, when the basic prices and buying-in prices
price must be fixed for each marketing year for each                 for fruit and vegetables are fixed, account should be
of the products listed in Annex II to the said                       taken of the objectives of the Common Agricultural
Regulation ; whereas the products in question,                       Policy and the contribution which the Community
harvested in a given production year, are marketed :                 desires to make to the harmonious development of
                                                                     world trade; whereas the objectives of the Common
— as regards cauliflowers, from May to April of the                  Agricultural Policy are in particular to ensure a fair
       following year,                                               standard of living for the agricultural community, to
                                                                     ensure that supplies are available and that they reach
— as regards tomatoes, from January to December,                     consumers at reasonable prices ;
— as regards peaches, from May to October,
                                                                      Whereas the basic prices must be fixed by reference
— as regards lemons, from June to May of the                          to the trend in the average prices recorded during the
       following year,                                                three preceding years on the most representative
— as regards pears, from June to May of the                           producer markets within the Community for a
       following year,                                                product with defined commercial characteristics, such
                                                                      as variety or type, quality class, size and packaging;
— as regards table grapes, from May to April of the                   whereas the buying-in prices must be fixed by
       following year,                                                reference to the basic price in accordance with Article
                                                                      16 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72;
  (!) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
  (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147.                          (3) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1973 , p . 3 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    Class I, size 57/67 mm and packed 'elongated'
                                                                 tomatoes of Quality Class I, size 40/47 mm.
                         Article 1
                                                                                        Article 3
1 . For the period from 1 June 1973 to 30 April
1974, the basic price and buying-in price for
cauliflowers, in units of account per 100 kilogrammes            1 . For the period from 1 June to 30 September
net, shall be as follows :                                       1973 , the basic price and buying-in price for peaches
                                                                 (excluding nectarines), in units of account per 100
                                Basic price Buying-in price      kilogrammes net, shall be as follows :
June                               10-9           4-6
                                                                                               Basic price Buying-in price
July                                8-7           3-6
                                                                 June                             20-0        12-0
August                              8-7           3-6
                                                                 July                          . 17-7         11-0
September                           9-8           4-0
                                                                 August                           17-8        10-6
October                            11-0           4-5
                                                                 September                        18-3        11-0
November                            7-4           3-2
December                            7-4           3-2            2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
                                                                 following packed products :
January                             7-4           3-1
                                                                 — peaches of the Fior di Maggio (May Flower)
February                            6-5           2-6                variety, Quality Class I, size 51/61 mm, for the
March                               7 -6          3-1
                                                                     month of June,
                                                                 — peaches of the Amsden, Charles Ingouf, and
April                               7-2           3-1
                                                                     Sant'Anna varieties, Quality Class I, size 61/67
                                                                     mm, for the month of July,
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
following packed products :                                      — peaches of the Red Haven and Fair Haven
                                                                     varieties, Quality Class I, size 61 /67 mm, for the
— 'trimmed' cauliflowers of Quality Class I, for the                 month of August,
    months of June, July, August, September and
    October,                                                     — peaches of the J. H. Hale variety, Quality Class I,
                                                                     size 61 /67 mm, for the month of September.
— cauliflowers 'with leaves' of Quality Class I, for
    the months of November, December, January,
    February, March and April.                                                          Article 4
                         Article 2                               1 . For the period from 1 June 1973 to 31 May
                                                                 1974, the basic price and buying-in price of lemons,
1-    For the period from 1 June 1973 to 30                      in units of account per 100 kilogrammes net, shall be
                                                                 as follows :
November 1973 , the basic price and buying-in price
for tomatoes, in units of account per 100                                                      Basic price Buying-in price
kilogrammes net, shall be as follows :                                                            20-6
                                                                 June                                         11-9
                                Basic price Buying-in price      July                             21-4        121
June      first ten days             —             —             August                           21-3        12-6
           second ten days         14-0           5-8
                                                                 September                        17-6        11-6
           third ten days          11-9           5-1
                                                                 October                          15-9        11-4
July                                9-8           3-9
                                                                 November                         15-1         8-5
August                              7 -6          3-3
                                                                 December                         14-6          8-0
September                           8-6           3-7
                                                                 January                          15-4         7-9
October                            12-4           5-1
                                                                 February                         14-4          8-0
November                           14-0           6-2
                                                                 March                            15-5         7-9
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to                    April                            16-8         9-0
packed 'round' and 'ribbed' tomatoes of Quality                  May                              17-5         9-8
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2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to                     grapes, in units of account per 100 kilogrammes net,
packed lemons of Quality Class I, size 53 /62 mm.                 shall be as follows :
                                                                                                   Basic price Buying-in price
                           Article 5
                                                                  August                              15-2        10-2
1.      For the period from 1 July 1973 to 30 April               September                           12-0          7-2
1974, the basic price and buying-in price for pears,
other than perry pears, in units of account per 100                October                            12-4          7-5
kilogrammes net, shall be as follows :
                                 Basic price Buying-in price      2. The prices quoted in paragraph I relate to
                                                                  packed table grapes of the Regina dei Vigneti and
July                                 13-8          6-9
                                                                    Regina (mennavacca bianca) varieties, Quality
August                               11-8          6-5             Class I.
September                            10-9          6-0
October                              11-7          6-0
                                                                                           Article 7
November                             11-9          6-2
December                             12-0          6-5             1 ■ For the period from 1 August 1973 to 31 May
January                              12-1          6-7              1974, the basic price and buying-in price for apples,
                                                                   other than cider apples, in units of account per 100
February to April                    12-5          6-9            kilogrammes net, shall be as follows :
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the                                                  Basic price Buying-in price
following packed products :                                       August                              10-8          5-5
(a) pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety, Quality Class            September                           10-8         5-6
     I, size 60 mm or more, for the month of July,
                                                                  October                             10-8          5-7
(b) pears of the Dr Jules Guyot, Clapp's favourite,               November                            11-1          5-9
     and Bon chretien Williams varieties, Quality
     Class I, size 60 mm or more, for the month of                December                            12-0          6-4
     August,
                                                                  January                             13-4         7-1
(c) pears of the Bon chretien Williams and                        February                            14-8         7-5
      Conference varieties, Quality Class I, size 60 mm
     or more, for the months of September and                     March                               15-8          8-1
     October,
                                                                  April and May                       17-2          8-6
(d) — pears of the Conference and Alexandrine
          Douillard varieties, Quality Class I, size 60
          mm or more, for the month of November,                  2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
     — pears of the Passe-crassane variety, Quality               following packed products :
          Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the month of
          November,                                               ( a) apples of the James Grieve variety, Quality Class
                                                                        I, size 70 mm or more, for the month of August,
(e) — pears of the Conference variety, Quality Class
          I, size 60 mm or more, for the months
          December to April,                                       ( b) — apples of the James Grieve and Golden
                                                                             Delicious varieties, Quality Class I, size 70
     — pears of the Passe-crassane variety, Quality                          mm or more, for the month of September,
          Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the months
          December to April.                                            — apples of the Reine des reinettes variety,
                                                                             Quality Class I, size 65 mm or more, for the
                                                                             month of September,
                         Article 6
                                                                  (c) apples of the Golden Delicious variety, Quality
1.     For the period from 1 August to 31 October                       Class I, size 70 mm or more, for the months
1973, the basic price and buying-in price for table                     October to May.
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                       Article 8                                                           Basic price Buying-in price
                                                               December                        17-0       11-4
1 . For the period from 16 November 1973 to 28
                                                               January                         14-4       10-0
February 1974, the basic price and buying-in price for
mandarins, in units of account per 100 kilogrammes             February                        14-7       10-2
net, shall be as follows :                                     March                           16-2       10-4
                              Basic price Buying-in price
                                                               April                           16-7       10-6
16—30 November                   19-5          12-9            2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to the
                                                               following packed products :
December                         19-3          12-6
                                                               — oranges of the Moro variety, Quality Class I, size
January                          18-7          11-6                67/80 mm, for the month of December,
February                         16-7          10-8           — oranges of the Sanguinello variety, Quality Class
                                                                   I, size 67/80 mm, for the months January to
                                                                   April.
2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 relate to
packed mandarins of Quality Class I, size 54/64 mm.                                 Article 10
                                                              The prices quoted in Articles 1 to 9 do not include
                       Article 9                              the cost of the packaging in which the product is
                                                              presented.
1.    For the period from 1 December 1973 to 30                                     Article 11
April 1974, the basic price and buying-in price for
sweet oranges, in units of account per 100                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June
kilogrammes net, shall be as follows :                         1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                  A. LAVENS