29. 6. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 169/61 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1800/85 of 28 June 1985 fixing for the 1985/86 marketing year the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic: Community, . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organi- zation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1581/83 (), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 lays down that a reference price for each type of hybrid maize for sowing shall be fixed annually; whereas these reference prices are to be fixed on the basis of the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the past three marketing years, but excluding abnormally low prices ; whereas, under Article 2 of Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 1578/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down general rules for fixing reference prices and for deter- mining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid maize for sowing (®), only prices of imports from non- member countries which are representative as regards quantity and quality are to be taken into account; Whereas imports of the types of hybrid maize for sowing falling within subheading 10.05 A IV (‘other) This Regulation shall be binding in its en States. Done at Brussels, 28 June 198S. () OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 23. () OJ No L 168, 26. 7. 1972, p. 1. of the Common Customs Tariff cannot, given the very small quantity involved, be considered as representa- tive ; whereas, therefore, no reference price for those types of maize can be fixed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the 1985/86 marketing year, the reference prices for hybrid maize for sowing, falling within subheading 1005 A I, IT and III of the Common Customs Tariff shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 198S. tirety and directly applicable in all Member For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President