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1.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL270/61
REGULATION (EEC)No2521/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of30November1972
fixingthereferencepricesformandarins,satsumas,Clementines,tangerinesand
othersimilarhybridcitrusfruits
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconom.cCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1035/721of15May1972onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfruitandvege­
tables,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2454/72,2andinparticularArticle27(1)
thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72andtoArticle1(1)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1291/703of
1July1970layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthatArticle,referencepricesfor
thewholeCommunityarefixedeachyear
beforethebeginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofmandarinproduc­
tionintheCommunityissuchthatareference
pricemustbefixedforthatproduct,operative
alsoforsatsumas,Clementines,tangerinesand
othersimilarhybridcitrusfruits;
Whereasforanirdigenousproductunderits
tradedescriptionthereferencepriceisequal
tothearithmeticmeanoftheproducerprices
ineachMemberState,plusanamountbasedon
marketingcosts,tomakethereferenceprice
andthepriceofimportedproductscomparable
atthesamemarketingstage;whereas,under
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1291/70,
thepricestobeusedinfixingthoseproducer
pricesmustrelatetothe'ex-producers'associa­
tion'oranyothercomparablemarketingstage;
whereas,underthefirstsubparagraph of
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,
theentrypricesofimportedproductsmustbe
calculatedonoradjustedtothe'importer/wholesale'stage;whereasthesepricesarethus
directlycomparablewiththearithmeticmean
oftheproducerpricesandthereforedonot
needtobeincreasedbytheamountreferredto
above;
WhereasunderArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72theproducerpricesineach
MemberStatecorrespondtotheaverageofthe
pricesrecordedduringthethreeyearspriorto
thedateoffixingthereferencepriceonthe
representative marketormarketssituatedin
theproductionareaswherepricesarelowest;
whereasthepricesonwhichcalculationsare
basedmust,underArticle1(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1291/70,relatetoClassIproducts,
ofallsizes,packed,thepackingcostsbeing
includedintheprice;whereasArticle23(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72further
providesthatonlypricesrecordedforproducts
orvarietiesrepresentingaconsiderablepropor­
tionoftheproductionmarketedforpartofthe
yearorthroughoutthewholeyearshallbeused;
Whereasforeachrepresentative marketthe
averageofthepricesmust,inaccordancewith
Article23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,
beestablisheddisregardingpriceswhichappear
excessivelyhighorlowascomparedwith
normalfluctuationsonthatmarket;
Whereasthefixingofasinglereferenceprice
validforthewholemarketingyearappearsto
bethesolutionmostsuitedtotheparticular
natureoftheCommunitymarketintheproduct
inquestion;
Whereasonlymandarinsimportedfromthird
countriesaredirectlycomparable,asregards
theirvalueintrade,withCommunityproducts
andwhereasfortheothervarietiesandhybrids
theconversionfactorshouldbedetermined
accordingtotheirrespectivetradevaluesand
applied,incalculatingtheentryprice,tothe
pricesofsuchproductsimportedfromthird
countries;1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL266,25.111972,p.1.
3OJNoL144,2.7.1S70,p.10.

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Article2 Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis
RegulationareinaccordancewiththeOpinion
oftheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetables;Incalculatingtheentryprice,thepricesfor
productsotherthanmandarins,importedfrom
thirdcountries,shallbeadjustedbyacon­
versionfactorof:
—0-70forClementines (excludingmonreales)
—0-80formonreales,satsumas,tangerinesand
othersimilarhybridcitrusfruits.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article3Thereferencepriceoperativeforfresh
mandarins,satsumas,Clementines ,tangerines
andothersimilarhybridcitrusfruits(sub­
headingex08.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper
100kgnetofpackedproductsofQuality
ClassIofallsizes,shallfrom1Novemberto
28Februaryinclusivebe17-8.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthe
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .Itshall
applyuntil30September1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,30November1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT