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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1451/85

of 31 May 1985

amending Regulation (EEC) No 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) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1332/84 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1203/73 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2165/84 (4), fixed the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables;

Whereas it is necessary to revise the conversion factors for lemons and for the Beurré Hardy variety of pears as a result of the trend in prices of the Community representative markets in recent seasons;

Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Regulation (EEC) No 1203/73 Annexes IV and V are amended as follows:

1. In Annex IV 'Lemons, ''Quality class'' conversion factor', the factor '0,9' for quality class II, is hereby replaced by '0,75'.

2. In Annex V 'Pears, ''Variety'' conversion factor', the variety 'Beurré Hardy' is deleted from the second section and inserted in the fourth section after the variety 'Crystalli'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 130, 16. 5. 1984, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 123, 10. 5. 1973, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 32.