Council Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 of 17 May 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables and Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1034/77  of 17 May 1977  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables and Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas Article 21 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (3), makes provision for the sale to the processing industry of certain categories of products withdrawn from the market under Article 18 or bought in under Article 19 of that Regulation ; whereas this method of disposal should be a normal method of disposal for products for which the other outlets laid down in Article 21 are not available for practical or technical reasons ; whereas this is the situation at the moment for blood oranges and the situation is likely to continue during the coming marketing years ; whereas, moreover, since oranges are in short supply in the Community, measures should be taken to prevent the destruction of oranges as far as possible;
Whereas Articles 6 and 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 793/76 (5), extended the granting of the marketing premium to include lemons until the end of the 1976/77 marketing year;
Whereas these measures have encouraged the marketing of better quality products ; whereas such a trend should be furthered by retaining these measures in the coming marketing year ; whereas transport costs should therefore not be taken into account when calculating the reference price for lemons,