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( 1 ) OJ N L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ N L 93 , 8 . 4 . 1976 , P . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ N L 123 , 10 . 5 . 1973 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ N L 262 , 10 . 10 . 1975 , P . 22 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1249/76

OF 26 MAY 1976

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1203/73 FIXING THE CONVERSION FACTORS TO BE APPLIED TO THE BUYING-IN PRICES FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1035/72 OF 18 MAY 1972 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) N 795/76 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1203/73 OF 4 MAY 1973 ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) N 2571/75 ( 4 ) , FIXED THE CONVERSION FACTORS TO BE APPLIED TO THE BUYING-IN PRICES FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ;

WHEREAS THE TREND OF TOMATO PRICES SHOWS A DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF PRICES FOR LONG TOMATOES OF THE SAN MARZANO VARIETY AND FOR OTHER TOMATOES ; WHEREAS A SPECIFIC CONVERSION FACTOR FOR THIS VARIETY SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED TO BE APPLIED TO THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR TOMATOES ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 16 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1035/72 , CONVERSION FACTORS ARE ALSO APPLIED TO THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR PRODUCTS OF QUALITY CLASS I WHERE NO CLASS II IS PROVIDED FOR , SO THAT INTERVENTION IS CARRIED OUT UNDER CONDITIONS COMPARABLE TO THOSE FOR OTHER PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS , SINCE THERE IS NO CLASS II FOR TABLE GRAPES , A CONVERSION FACTOR SHOULD BE FIXED TO BE APPLIED TO THE BUYING-IN PRICE FOR PRODUCTS OF CLASS I ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEXES TO REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1203/73 ARE HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS ADDED TO ANNEX II , " TOMATOES " :

" VARIETY " CONVERSION FACTOR

VARIETY * CONVERSION FACTOR

ROUND OR RIBBED TOMATOES * 1

LONG TOMATOES :

_ SAN MARZANO * 1 * 2

_ OTHER VARIETIES * 1

IN ANNEX VI , " TABLE GRAPES " , UNDER " QUALITY CLASS " CONVERSION FACTOR " , THE FACTOR " 1 * 0 " TO BE APPLIED TO QUALITY CLASS I IS REPLACED BY " 0 * 65 " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . IT SHALL APPLY TO EACH OF THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 WITH EFFECT FROM THE DAY ON WHICH THE 1976/77 MARKETING YEAR BEGINS .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MAY 1976 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

P . J . LARDINOIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION