28 . 6 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 163/49

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1656/80 of 27 June 1980 fixing the reference prices for apples for the period 1 July to 31 December 1980

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN teristics being a product or variety representing a COMMUNITIES, substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Economic Community, whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No could be considered excessively high or excessively 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last market are to be disregarded ; amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1367/80 (2 ) and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the entry Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation prices, the varieties imported from third countries of (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the which the entry prices are to be compared with the whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­ prices fixed for Groups I , II and III respectively ning of each marketing year ; should be specified ; Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Community that reference prices should be fixed for are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ them ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year are marketed from July of one year to June of the following year ; whereas, moreover, by reason of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : accession of Greece to the Community from 1 January 1981 , reference prices cannot at present be fixed beyond the month of December 1 980 ; whereas those applicable from January onwards will be laid Article 1 down in due course ; 1 . For the period 1 July to 31 December 1980, the Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation reference prices for apples, other than cider apples (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on (subheading ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in Tariff), expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms net of each Member State plus an amount representing the packed products of Class I, of all sizes, for the variety cost of transporting Community products from the Groups I , II and III shall be as follows : production areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of production costs in the fruit and Group I Group II Group III vegetables sector must also be taken into account ; July : 30-31 — —

August : 25-63 — — Whereas, since the varieties of apples are not all September : 27-61 25-44 15-74 comparable as regards estimation of their commercial October : 27-76 23-43 16-46 value, these varieties should be classified in three November : 29-04 22-02 1 6-66 groups ; December : 29-94 22-38 17-01

Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ 2 . The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 are ence price fixed for each of these periods ; composed as follows : Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the Group I : average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune, Klarapfel), where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious, Cox's the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a orange pippin , Stark Delicious, Rouges américaines, home-grown product with defined commercial charac Ingrid Marie , Reinette du Canada, Belle de Boskoop, Discovery, Tydeman's early Worcester, Worcester pear­ (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . main , Weißwinterglockenapfel , and mutations of (-) OJ No L 140 , 5 . 6 . 1980 , p. 24 . these varieties ; No L 163/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 6 . 80

Group II : enapfel , Cortland, Spartan , Red Macintosh , Gala, Reine des reinettes (Goldparmane), Jonathan , Impera­ various varieties of Cox's other than Cox's tore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord Derby, Lord pomona , and mutations of the above varieties ; Lambourne , and mutations of these varieties ; (b) with the prices fixed for Group II , where the Group III : imported products belong to a variety other than those set out in (a) and (c) ; Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger, Finkenwerder, Bramley's seedling, and mutations of these varieties . (c) with the prices fixed for Group III , where the imported product belongs to one of the following 3 . The entry prices of imported products are to be varieties : Abbondanza ( Belfort), Rambour d'hiver, compared : Brettacher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel , (a ) with prices fixed for Group I , where the imported Kirchenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana, products belong to one of the following varieties : Limoncella, Commercio , Reinette clochard, Golden Delicious , Red Delicious , Richared, Stark Ontario , Reinette du Mans , Lemoenapfel , Bram­ Delicious , Starking , Starkrimson , Yellow Trans­ ley's seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella , Cox's parent (Transparente jaune), James Grieve , Belle pomona , and mutations of the above varieties . de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap , Stayman red , Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph shall Black Winesap , Granny Smith , Dunn's seedling, be adopted in accordance with the procedure in King Cole, Cleopatra , Democrat , Yellow Newton , Article 33 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 by refer­ Crofton , Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's superb , ence to the changes in the varieties imported from Scarlet pearmain , White winter pearmain , third countries . Geeveston Fanny , Tydeman's early Worcester, Benoni , Stark earliest, Winston , Reinette du Article 2 Canada, Berlepsch Annurca , Lodi , Gravensteiner, Discovery , Worcester pearmain , Weißwinterglock­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1980 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 27 June 1980 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President