No L 106/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 4. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 780/96 of 29 April 199 fixing the minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria for 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 1988/93 of 19 July 1993 on the system of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2140/93 of 28 July 1993, laying down detailed rules for the applica- tion of the minimum import price system for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Re- public, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria and fixing the minimum import prices applicable until 30 April 1994 (3 lays down the criteria for fixing minimum prices; whereas the minimum import prices should be fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year with reference to those criteria; 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 the 1996/97 marketing year, the minimum import prices for the products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 1996. () OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 4. () OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 98. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission