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REGULATION (EEC)No3232/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29November 1973
fixingthereferencepricesformandarins ,satsumas,Clementines ,tangerinesand
othersimilarhybridcitrusfruitsbythe1973/74marketingyear
representative marketormarketssituatedinthe
productionareaswherepricesarelowest,forproducts
orvarietiesrepresenting aconsiderableproportionof
theproductionmarketedforpartoftheyearor
throughoutthewholeyearandsatisfyinggiven
requirements astopackaging ;whereasforeachrepre­
sentativemarkettheaverageofthepricesmustbeesta­
blisheddisregardingpriceswhichappearexcessively
highorlowascomparedwithnormalfluctuationson
thatmarket;
Whereasonlymandarinsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesaredirectlycomparable ,asregardstheirvaluein
trade,withCommunityproductsandwhereasforthe
othervarietiesandhybridstheconversionfactor
shouldbedeterminedaccordingtotheirrespective
tradevaluesandapplied,incalculatingtheentry
price,tothepricesofsuchproductsimportedfrom
thirdcountries .
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitsChairman ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(1)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(-'),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,referencepricesforthewholeCommunity
aretobefixedeachyearbeforethebeginningofthe
marketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofmandarinproductionin
theCommunity issuchthatareferencepricemustbe
fixedforthatproduct,operativealsoforsatsumas,
Clementines ,tangerinesandothersimilarhybrid
citrusfruits;
Whereastheperiodduringwhichmandarinsharv­
estedduringagivencropyeararemarketedextends
fromNovembertothefollowingMarch;whereasthe
quantityputonthemarketduringMarchrepresents
onlyasmallpercentageofthatmarketedoverthe
wholemarketingyear;whereasthatmonthshould
thereforebedisregardedandthereferencepricefixed
fortheperiodrunningfrom1Novemberto28
Februaryofthefollowingyear;
WhereasArticle23(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatreferencepricesformandarins,
satsumas,Clementines ,tangerinesandothersimilar
hybridsaretobebasedonthearithmeticmeanof
producerpricesineachMemberState,averagefluctua­
tionsinbasicpricesandpurchasingpricesineach
MemberState,averagefluctuationsinbasicpricesand
purchasingpricesalsobeingtakenintoaccount;
Whereasthefixingofasinglereferencepricevalidfor
thewholemarketingyearappearstobethesolution
mostsuitedtotheparticularnatureoftheCommunity
marketintheproductinquestion;
Whereastheproducerpricescorrespondtothe
averageofthepricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
priortothedateoffixingthereferencepriceforan
indigenousproductunderitstradedescriptionontheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artiec1
1.Forthe1973/74marketingyear,thereference
priceforfreshmandarins,satsumas,Clementines ,
tangerinesandothersimilarhybridcitrusfruits
(subheadingex08.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff),expressedinunitsofaccountper100kgnetof
packedproductsofQualityClass1ofallsizes,shall
from1Novemberto28Februarybe18-8.
2.Incalculatingtheentryprice,thepricesfor
productsotherthanmandarins,importedfromthird
countries,shallafterdeductionofcustomsduties,be
adjustedbyaconversionfactorof
—0-75forClementines (excludingmonreales),
—1-00formonreales,satsumas,tangerinesandother
similarhybridcitrusfruits.
Artidc2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.ThiyRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI