COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 851/96 of 8 May 1996 fixing the minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries during 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 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/95 (2), and in particular Article 10a (8) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 10a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, minimum import prices are to be determined having regard in particular to:

- the free-at-frontier prices on import into the Community,

- the prices obtained on world markets,

- the situation on the internal Community market,

- the trend of trade with non-member countries;

Whereas a minimum import price should be fixed on the basis of the abovementioned criteria for the 1996/97 marketing year for processed cherries listed in Annex I (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 426/86;

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 each of the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation, the minimum import price applicable during the 1996/97 marketing year shall be as set out in that Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 May 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 233, 30. 9. 1995, p. 69.

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