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.