9. 6. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 144/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1324/94 of 8 June 1994 fixing for the 1994 marketing year the reference prices for plums THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (3, and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (}), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of the monetary realignments (°), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1663/93 (%), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Commu- nity market to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year; Whereas plums are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; Whereas plums harvested during a given crop year are marketed from June to October; whereas the quantities harvested during the first 10 days of June and in October are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these periods; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period 11 June to 30 September inclu- sive ; () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () O] No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29. () OJ No L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 18. Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, adjusted, after deducting the standard cost of transporting Community products between production areas and Community consumption centres in the preceding year, by : — the increase in production costs for fruit and vegeta- bles, less productivity growth, and — the standard rate of transport costs in the current marketing year; Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus transport costs for the current year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in production costs less productivity growth ; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year ; Wherteas, since the varieties of plums are not all compa- rable as regards the estimation of their commercial value, these varieties should be classified in two groups; Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods; Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial characteristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying specified requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded; Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices, the varieties imported from third countries of which the entry prices are to be compared with the prices fixed for group I and with those fixed for group II, respectively, should be specified ;