NoL276/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.10.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2905/91
of2October1991
fixingforthe1991/92marketingyearthereferencepriceforClementines
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1623/91(2),andinparticularArticle
27(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthatreferencepricesforthewholeCommunity
aretobefixedeachyearbeforethebeginningofthe
marketingyear;—theamountreferredtoinparagraph2(a)ofthat
Article,
—thestandardrateoftransportcostsinthecurrent
marketingyear;
Whereastheresultingfiguremayneverthelessnotexceed
thearithmeticmeanofproducerpricesineachMember
State,withregardtoArticle23,oftheamountreferredto
inparagraph2(a),plustransportcostsforthecurrent
year,afterthisamounthasbeenincreasedbytherisein
productioncostslessproductivitygrowth;whereasthe
referencepricemay,however,notbelowerthaninthe
precedingmarketingyear;
Whereasproducerpricesaretocorrespondtotheaverage
ofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative marketor
marketssituatedintheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowest,duringthethreeyearspriortothedateonwhich
thereferencepriceisfixed,forahome-grownproduct
withdefinedcommercialcharacteristics ,beingaproduct
orvarietyrepresenting asubstantialproportionofthe
productionmarketedovertheyearoroverpartthereof
andsatisfyingspecifiedrequirements asregardsmarket
preparation ;whereas,whentheaverageofpricesrecorded
oneachrepresentativemarketisbeingcalculated,prices
whichcouldbeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowinrelationtonormalpricefluctuationsonthat
marketaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeManagementCommitteeforFruit
andVegetables,WhereastheimportanceofClementineproductioninthe
Communityissuchthatareferencepricemustbefixed
forthatproduct;
WhereastheperiodduringwhichClementinesharvested
duringagivencropyeararemarketedextendsfrom
Octoberto15Mayofthefollowingyear;whereasthe
quantitiesputonthemarketatthebeginningandatthe
endofthemarketingyearrepresentonlyarelativelysmall
percentageofthatmarketedoverthewholemarketing
year;whereasthereferencepriceshouldthereforebe
fixedonlyfortheperiodrunningfrom1Decembertothe
lastdayofFebruaryofthefollowingyear;
Whereasthefixingofasinglereferencepricevalidforthe
wholemarketingyearappearstobethesolutionmost
suitedtotheparticularnatureoftheCommunitymarket
intheproductinquestion;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1991/92marketingyear,thereferencepricefor
freshClementines (CNcode08052010)expressedinecus
per100kilogramsnetofpackedproductsofqualityclass
I,ofallsizes,shall,fortheperiod1December1991to29
February1992,be:59,57.WhereasArticle23(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72stipulatesthatreferencepricesaretobefixedat
thesamelevelasfortheprecedingmarketingyear,
adjusted,afterdeductingtheamountreferredtoinpara­
graph2(a)ofthatArticleandthestandardcostoftrans­
portingCommunityproductsbetweenproductionareas
andCommunityconsumptioncentresinthepreceding
year,by:
—theincreaseinproductioncostsforfruitandveg­
etables,lessproductivitygrowth,andArticle2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1991.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2October1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission