NoL338/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3303/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of6December1973
fixingthereferencepricesforsweetorangesforthe1973/74marketingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,questionwouldbetofixforeachgroupasingle
referencepriceforthewholemarketingyear;
WhereastheproducerpricesineachMemberState,
correspondtotheaverageofthepricesrecorded,
duringthethreeyearspriortothedateoffixingthe
referencepriceforanindigenousproductunderits
tradedescription,ontherepresentative marketor
marketssituatedintheproductionareaswhere
pricesarelowest,forproductsorvarieties
representing aconsiderable proportionofthe
productionmarketedforpartoftheyearor
throughoutthewholeyearandsatisfyinggiven
requirements astopackaging ;whereasforeach
representative markettheaverageofthepricesmust
beestablisheddisregarding priceswhichappear
excessivelyhighorlowascomparedwithnormal
fluctuationsonthatmarket;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentry
prices,thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesof
whichtheentrypricesarerespectivelytobecompared
withthepricesfixedforGroupsI,IIandIIImust
bespecified;whereas,moreover,certainvarieties
importedfromthirdcountriesarenotdirectly
comparable,asregardstheirvalueintrade,with
Communitygroupsofvarieties;whereas,therefore,
onthebasisoftheirrespectivetradingvalues,•
conversionfactorsshouldbefixedandapplied,in
calculatingtheentryprice,tothepricesforthese
varietiesimportedfromthirdcountries,soastomake
themcomparablewithCommunitygroupsof
varieties;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),
andinparticularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72,referencepricesforthewholeCom­
munityaretobefixedeachyearbeforethebeginning
ofthemarketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofsweetorangeproduction
intheCommunityissuchthatareferencepricemust
befixedforthatproduct;
Whereastheperiodduringwhichorangesharvested
duringagivencropyeararemarketedextendsfrom
OctobertothefollowingJune;whereasthequantity
putonthemarketduringOctoberandNovember
andduringthefollowingMayandJunerepresents
onlyasmallpercentageofthatmarketedoverthe
wholemarketingyear;whereasthereferenceprice
shouldthereforebefixedonlyforaperiodrunning
from1Decemberto30Aprilofthefollowingyear;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/
72providesthatreferencepricesfororangesareto
bebasedonthearithmeticmeanofproducerprices
ineachMemberState,averagefluctuationsinbasic
pricesandpurchasingpricesalsobeingtakeninto
account;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofsweetorangesarenot
comparableasregardstheirvalueintrade,they
shouldbeclassedinthreegroups;
Whereasthesolutionbestsuitedtotheparticular
natureoftheCommunitymarketfortheproductinHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1973/74marketingyear,thereference
pricesforfreshsweetoranges(subheaidingex08.02A
IoftheCommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunits
ofaccountper100kgnetofeachofthevarieties(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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ofGroupsI,IIandIIIforClassIproducts,ofall
sizes,packed,shallbe:
Group1:from1Decemberto31March:180
Group11:from1Januaryto30April:15.5
GroupIII:from1Decemberto30April:8.6
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoinparagraph
1shallconsistofthefollowingvarieties:BloodvarietywiththeexceptionofNavelBlood
(Doublefineimproved,WashingtonBlood,Large
Blood)andMalteseBlood;
(c)asregardsvarietiesnotlistedunder(a)and(b):
—forthemonthofDecember,withtheprice
forGroupI,
—fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto30April,
withthepricefixedforGroupII.
4.Incalculatingtheentrypricereferredtoin
paragraph3,thepricesforproductsimportedfrom
thirdcountriesshall,afterdeductionofcustoms
duties,beadjusted:
—forproductslistedinparagraph3(b),bythe
conversionfactor0.76;
—forproductstowhichthefirstindentofparagraph
3(c)applies,bytheconversionfactor1.20;
—forproductstowhichthesecondindentof
paragraph3(c)applies,bytheconversionfactor
1.00.GroupI:MoroandTarocco
GroupII:Sanguinello
GroupIII:Biondocomune
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsshallbe
compared :
(a)withthepricefixedforGroupI,asregardsthe
MoroandTaroccovarieties;
(b)withthepricefixedforGroupIII,asregards
Biondocomune(Blancacomuna,Blondecom­
mune),GranodeOro(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,
Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,Bloodoval(Doblefina,
Doublefine),PortugueseBlood,Sanguinaredonda
(Entrefina)theSurinamvarietiesandtheOrdinaryArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI