COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1242/96 of 28 June 1996 fixing the minimum purchase price for lemons delivered to the processing industry and the financial compensation payable after processing thereof up to the end of 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 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 (EC) 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, as from the 1991/92 marketing year at 105 % of the average withdrawal price calculated in accordance with the first indent of Article 18 (1) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (4); whereas the minimum price must be fixed on the basis of the basic and buying-in prices fixed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1190/96 (5) and reduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/96 (6);

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

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

Up to the end of the 1996/97 marketing year the minimum price referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be as follows:

Minimum price: ECU 15,77/100 kg net.

The minimum price shall refer to products ex-producers' packaging stations.

Article 2

Up to the end of the 1996/97 marketing year the financial compensation referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be as follows:

Financial compensation: ECU 10,66/100 kg net.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.

(5) OJ No L 156, 29. 6. 1996.

(6) See page 110 of this Official Journal.