NoL295/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.11.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2971/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of12November 1975
fixingforthe1975/76marketingyearthereferencepriceformandarins
(includingtangerinesandsatsumas),Clementines ,Wilkingsandothersimilar
citrushybrids
pricesandinthefinancialcompensation providedfor
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2511/69(3)of9
December1969layingdownspecialmeasuresfor
improvingtheproductionandmarketingofCommu­
nitycitrusfruit,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2481/75(4);
Whereasforthe1975/76marketingyearthefinancial
compensation providedforbyRegulation (EEC)No
2511/69hasbeenincreased,bycomparisonwiththe
precedingmarketingyear,byapercentageexceeding
thatbywhichthebasicandbuying-inpriceshave
beenincreased;whereasthereferencepricesforthe
1975/76marketingyearshouldthereforebemain­
tainedatthelevelsfixedforthepreviousyear;
Whereasonlymandarinsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesaredirectlycomparable ,asregardstheircommer­
cialvalue,withCommunityproducts;whereasforthe
othervarietiesandhybridsconversionfactorsshould
bedeterminedaccordingtotheirrespectivecommer­
cialvaluesandapplied,incalculatingtheentryprice,
tothepricesofsuchproductsimportedfromthird
countries;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(J)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2482/75(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
fromNovembertothefollowingMarch;whereasthe
quantityputonthemarketduringMarchrepresents
onlyasmallpercentageofthatmarketedoverthe
wholemarketingyear;whereasthatmonthshould
thereforebedisregardedandthereferencepricefixed
fortheperiodrunningfrom1Novemberto29
Februaryofthefollowingyear;
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
representingrespectivelythevariationcomparedwith
theprecedingmarketingyearinbasicandbuying-inHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1975/76marketingyear,thereference
priceforfreshmandarins (includingtangerinesand
satsumas),Clementines ,Wilkingsandothersimilar
citrushybridsofsubheadingex08.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetofpackedproductsofQuality
ClassIofallsizes,shallfortheperiod1Novemberto
29February,be19-74.
2.Incalculatingtheentryprice,thepricesfor
productsimportedfromthirdcountriesotherthan
mandarinsshall,afterdeductionofcustomsduties,be
adjustedbyaconversionfactorof:
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL254,1.10.1975,p.3.(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.1.
(4)OJNoL254,1.10.1975,p.1.

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—0-75forClementines (excludingmonreales),
—1-00formonreales,tangerines,satsumas,Wilkings
andothersimilarcitrushybrids.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12November1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission