COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1667/91 of 14 June 1991 fixing the minimum purchase price for lemons delivered for processing and the amount of the financial compensation after processing of such lemons until the end of the 1991/92 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures to encourage the marketing of products processed from lemons (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1199/90 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77, the minimum price which processors must pay to producers is fixed at 105 % of the average withdrawal price, calculated in accordance with the first indent of Article 18 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1603/91 (4) from the 1991/92 marketing year; whereas the minimum prices for Spain and Portugal are fixed respectively at 130 % and 105 % of the average withdrawal price;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77, the financial compensation cannot exceed the difference between the minimum purchase price referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation and the prices applying to the raw material in producer third countries;

Whereas the provisions applicable where a product harvested in Spain or Portugal is processed in another Member State should be specified owing to the varying amounts fixed for those Member States;

Whereas for the present marketing year the minimum purchase price and the amount of the financial compensation for the said products has already been fixed until 16 June by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/91 (5);

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

1. For the 1991/92 marketing year, the minimum price referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 is hereby fixed as follows:

(ECU/100 kg net)

Spain Portugal Other Member States 12,31 10,13 13,82

2. The minimum price shall be fixed for goods ex-producers' packing stations.

Article 2

For the 1991/92 marketing year, the financial compensation referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 is hereby fixed as follows:

(ECU/100 kg net)

Spain Portugal Other Member States 6,29 4,11 7,8

Article 3 The minimum price and the financial compensation applicable shall be those in force in the Member State in which the product was harvested.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 June 1991. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 61. (3) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 149, 14. 6. 1991, p. 12. (5) OJ No L 137, 31. 5. 1991, p. 32.