COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 780/96 of 29 April 1996 fixing the minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria for the 1996/97 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 of 19 July 1993 on the system of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2140/93 of 28 July 1993, laying down detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price system for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria and fixing the minimum import prices applicable until 30 April 1994 (2) lays down the criteria for fixing minimum prices; whereas the minimum import prices should be fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year with reference to those criteria;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1996/97 marketing year, the minimum import prices for the products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 4.

(2) OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 98.

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