14.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL320/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2656/78
of13November 1978
fixingforthe1978/79marketingyearthereferencepriceformandarins
(includingtangerinesandsatsumas),Clementines ,Wilkingsandothersimilar
citrushybrids
theprecedingmarketingyearinbasicandbuying-in
pricesandinthefinancialcompensation providedfor
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2511/69of9
December1969layingdownspecialmeasuresfor
improvingtheproductionandmarketingofCommu­
nitycitrusfruit(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1122/78(4);
Whereasforthe1978/79marketingyearthefinancial
compensation providedforbyRegulation(EEC)No
2511/69hasbeenincreased,bycomparisonwiththe
precedingmarketingyear,byapercentageequalto
thatappliedtothebasicandbuying-inprices;
whereasthereferencepricesforthe1978/79
marketingyearshouldthereforebemaintainedatthe
levelsfixedforthepreviousyear;
Whereasonlymandarinsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesaredirectlycomparable,asregardstheircommer­
cialvalue,withCommunityproducts;whereasforthe
othervarietiesandhybrids,conversionfactorsshould
bedeterminedaccordingtotheirrespectivecommer­
cialvaluesandapplied,incalculatingtheentryprice,
tothepricesofsuchproductsimportedfromthird
countries;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/78(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatreferencepricesforthewhole
Communityaretobefixedeachyearbeforethebegin­
ningofthemarketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofmandarinproductionin
theCommunityissuchthatareferencepricemustbe
fixedforthatproduct,suchpricetobeoperativealso
fortangerines,satsumas,Clementines ,Wilkingsand
othersimilarcitrushybrids;
Whereastheperiodduringwhichmandarinsharv­
estedduringagivencropyeararemarketedextends
fromOctoberto15Mayofthefollowingyear;
whereasthequantityputonthemarketduring
Octoberandfrom1Marchto15Mayofthefollowing
yearrepresentsonlyasmallpercentageofthat
marketedoverthewholemarketingyear;whereasthe
referencepriceshouldthereforebefixedonlyforthe
periodrunningfrom1Novemberto28Februaryof
thefollowingyear;
Whereasthefixingofasinglereferencepricevalidfor
thewholemarketingyearappearstobethesolution
mostsuitedtotheparticularnatureoftheCommunity
marketintheproductinquestion;
Whereas,underthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle23
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,referenceprices
formandarins(includingtangerinesandsatsumas),
Clementines ,Wilkingsandothersimilarcitrushybrids
are,beginningwiththe1975/76marketingyear,tobe
fixedatalevelequaltothatofthepreviousmarketing
year,adjustedasnecessarybyapercentagenot
exceedingthedifferencebetweenthepercentages
representingrespectivelythevariationcomparedwithHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1978/79marketingyear,thereference
priceforfreshmandarins(includingtangerinesand
satsumas),Clementines ,Wilkingsandothersimilar
citrushybridsofsubheadingex08.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsof
QualityClassIofallsizes,shall,fortheperiod1
Novemberto28February,be19-74.
2.Incalculatingtheentryprice,thepricesfor
productsimportedfromthirdcountries,otherthan
mandarins ,shall,afterdeductionofcustomsduties,be
adjustedbyaconversionfactorof:
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.1.
(4)OJNoL142,30.5.1978,p.13.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .—0.75forClementines (excludingmonreales),
—1.00formonreales,tangerines,satsumas,Wilkings
andothersimilarcitrushybrids.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13November1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President