EUR-Lex Access to European Union law
This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 31991R1539
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1539/91 of 6 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the Community offer prices for table grapes applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1539/91 of 6 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the Community offer prices for table grapes applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1539/91 of 6 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the Community offer prices for table grapes applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal
EÜT L 143, 7.6.1991, p. 23–24
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)
No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 20/11/1991
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1539/91 of 6 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the Community offer prices for table grapes applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal
Official Journal L 143 , 07/06/1991 P. 0023 - 0024
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1539/91 of 6 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the Community offer prices for table grapes applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to Council Regulations (EEC) No 3709/89 (1) and (EEC) No 3648/90 (2) laying down general rules for implementing the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as regards the compensation mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables originating respectively in Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof, Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3830/90 (3) lays down detailed rules for the application of the compensation mechanism to imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain, Whereas, pursuant to Article 152 and Article 318 of the Act of Accession, a compensation mechanism is to be introduced on imports into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985, hereinafter referred to as the 'Community of Ten', of fruit and vegetables from Spain and Portugal for which a reference price is fixed with regard to third countries; whereas, Community offer prices for table grapes coming from Spain and Portugal should be fixed only during the period where reference prices are fixed with regard to third countries, this means from 21 July up to and including 20 November; Whereas, in accordance with Articles 152 (2) (a) and 318 (1) (a) of the Act of Accession, a Community offer price is to be calculated annually on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the producer prices in each Member State of the Community of Ten, plus transport and packaging costs incurred by the products from the production regions to the representative consumption centres of the Community and bearing in mind developments in the cost of production in the fruit and vegetable sector; whereas the abovementioned producer prices correspond to the average prices recorded during the three years preceding the date of fixing of the Community offer price; whereas, however, the annual Community offfer price cannot exceed the reference price applied for third countries; Whereas, in order to take account of seasonal variations in prices, the marketing year should be divided into one or more periods and a Community offer prices should be fixed for each of them; Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Regulations (EEC) No 3709/89 and (EEC) No 3648/90, the producer prices to be used for the determination of the Community offer price are to be those of a domestic product defined by its commercial characteristics recorded on the representative market or markets located in the production areas where prices are lowest for products or varieties representing a considerable proportion of production marketed throughout the year or during a part of the latter and which meet Quality Class I requirments and conditions laid down as regard packaging; whereas the average price for each representative market must be established after disregarding prices which may be considered excessively high or excessively low compared with the normal fluctuations recorded on the market; whereas, moreover, if the average price for a Member State shows excessive variations with respect of normal price fluctuations, it is not to be taken into account; Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria results in Community offer prices being fixed for table grapes for the period 21 July to 20 November 1991; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committe for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 1991 marketing year, the Community offer prices for table grapes (CN codes 0806 10 15 and 0806 10 19) applicable with regard to Spain and Portugal, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net of packed products of class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows: - 21 July to 31 August: 51,92 - September and October: 49,20 - 1 to 20 November: 44,87. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 June 1991. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 43.