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( 1 ) OJ NO L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1804/81

OF 26 JUNE 1981

FIXING FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR MANDARINS ( INCLUDING TANGERINES AND SATSUMAS ), CLEMENTINES , WILKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 OF 18 MAY 1972 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1116/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 27 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 23 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 PROVIDES THAT REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ARE TO BE FIXED EACH YEAR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE IMPORTANCE OF MANDARIN PRODUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY IS SUCH THAT A REFERENCE PRICE MUST BE FIXED FOR THAT PRODUCT , SUCH PRICE TO BE OPERATIVE ALSO FOR TANGERINES , SATSUMAS , CLEMENTINES , WILKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS ;

WHEREAS THE PERIOD DURING WHICH MANDARINS HARVESTED DURING A GIVEN CROP YEAR ARE MARKETED EXTENDS FROM OCTOBER TO 15 MAY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR ; WHEREAS THE QUANTITY PUT ON THE MARKET DURING OCTOBER AND FROM 1 MARCH TO 15 MAY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR REPRESENTS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT MARKETED OVER THE WHOLE MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICE SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED ONLY FOR THE PERIOD RUNNING FROM 1 NOVEMBER TO THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE FIXING OF A SINGLE REFERENCE PRICE VALID FOR THE WHOLE MARKETING YEAR APPEARS TO BE THE SOLUTION MOST SUITED TO THE PARTICULAR NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS , UNDER THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 23 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 , REFERENCE PRICES FOR MANDARINS ( INCLUDING TANGERINES AND SATSUMAS ), CLEMENTINES , WILKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS ARE , BEGINNING WITH THE 1975/76 MARKETING YEAR , TO BE FIXED AT A LEVEL EQUAL TO THAT OF THE PREVIOUS MARKETING YEAR , ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY BY A PERCENTAGE NOT EXCEEDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGES REPRESENTING RESPECTIVELY THE VARIATION COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR IN BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES AND IN THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 OF 9 DECEMBER 1969 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF COMMUNITY CITRUS FRUIT ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1116/81 ;

WHEREAS FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR THE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 HAS BEEN INCREASED , BY COMPARISON WITH THE PRECEDING MARKETING YEAR , BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO THAT APPLIED TO THE BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR SHOULD THEREFORE BE MAINTAINED AT THE LEVELS FIXED FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR ;

WHEREAS ONLY MANDARINS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ARE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE , AS REGARDS THEIR COMMERCIAL VALUE , WITH COMMUNITY PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS FOR THE OTHER VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS , CONVERSION FACTORS SHOULD BE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMERCIAL VALUES AND APPLIED , IN CALCULATING THE ENTRY PRICE , TO THE PRICES OF SUCH PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR FRESH MANDARINS ( INCLUDING TANGERINES AND SATSUMAS ), CLEMENTINES , WILKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS OF SUBHEADING EX 08.02 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , EXPRESSED IN ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET , OF PACKED PRODUCTS OF QUALITY CLASS I OF ALL SIZES , SHALL , FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER TO 28 FEBRUARY , BE 23.87 .

2 . IN CALCULATING THE ENTRY PRICE , THE PRICES FOR PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , OTHER THAN MANDARINS , SHALL , AFTER DEDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , BE ADJUSTED BY A CONVERSION FACTOR OF :

- 0.75 FOR CLEMENTINES ( EXCLUDING MONREALES ),

- 1.00 FOR MONREALES , TANGERINES , SATSUMAS , WILKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CITRUS HYBRIDS .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 NOVEMBER 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN