NoL295/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.11.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2973/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of12November 1975
fixingforthe1975/76marketingyearthereferencepricesforsweetoranges
2511/69(3)of9December1969layingdownspecial
measuresforimprovingtheproduction ^andmarketing
ofCommunitycitrusfruit,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2481/75(4);
Whereasforthe1975/76marketingyearthefinancial
compensation providedforbyRegulation (EEC)No
2511/69hasbeenincreased,bycomparisonwiththe
precedingmarketingyear,byapercentageexceeding
thatbywhichthebasicandbuying-inpriceshave
beenincreased;whereasthereferencepricesforthe
1975/76marketingyearshouldthereforebemain­
tainedatthelevelsfixedforthepreviousyear.
Whereasforthepurposeofcalculatingentryprices
thevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriesofwhich
theentrypricesarerespectivelytobecomparedwith
thepricesfixedforGroupsI,IIandIIImustbespeci­
fied;whereas,moreover,certainvarietiesimported
fromthirdcountriesarenotdirectlycomparable ,as
regardstheircommercialvalue,withtheCommunity
varietygroups;whereasprovisionshouldthereforebe
madetofix,byreferencetotheirrespectivecommer­
cialvalues,conversionfactorstobeappliedforthe
purposeofcalculatingtheentrypricetothepricesfor
thesevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountriessoasto
makethemcomparablewiththeCommunityvariety
groups;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/720of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2482/75(2),andin
particularArticle27(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle23(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthatreferencepricesforthewhole
Communityaretobefixedeachyearbeforethebegin­
ningofthemarketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofsweetorangeproduction
intheCommunityissuchthatareferencepricemust
befixedforthatproduct;
Whereastheperiodduringwhichorangesharvested
duringagivencropyeararemarketedextendsfrom
OctobertothefollowingJune;whereasthequantity
putonthemarketduringOctoberandNovemberand
duringthefollowingMayandJunerepresentsonlya
smallpercentageofthatmarketedoverthewhole
marketingyear;whereasthereferencepriceshould
thereforebefixedonlyforaperiodrunningfrom1
Decemberto30Aprilofthefollowingyear;
Whereas,sincethedifferentvarietiesofsweetoranges
arenotcomparableasregardstheircommercialvalue,
theyshouldbeclassedinthreegroups;
Whereasthesolutionbestsuitedtotheparticular
natureoftheCommunitymarketfortheproductin
questionistofixforeachgroupasinglereference
priceforthewholemarketingyear;
Whereas,underthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle23
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,referenceprices
forsweetorangesare,beginningwiththe1975/76
marketingyear,tobefixedatalevelequaltothatof
thepreviousmarketingyear,adjustedasnecessaryby
apercentagenotexceedingthedifferencebetweenthe
percentagesrepresenting respectivelythevariation
comparedwiththeprecedingmarketingyearinbasic
andbuying-inpricesandinthefinancialcompensa­
tionprovidedforbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)NoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1975/76marketingyear,thereference
pricesforfreshsweetoranges(subheading08.02AI
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),expressedinunitsof
accountper100kgnetandapplicabletoClassI
productsofallsizes,packed,shallbeasfollows:
GroupI:from1Decemberto31March:18-90,
GroupII:from1Januaryto30April:16-28,
GroupIII:from1Decemberto30April:9-03.
2.Thevarietygroupsreferredtoinparagraph 1
consistofthefollowingvarieties:
(')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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GroupI:MoroandTarocco,
GroupII:Sanguinello,
GroupIII:Biondocomune.
3.Theentrypricesofimportedproductsshallbe
compared :
(a)inthecaseoftheMoroandTaroccovarieties,with
thepricefixedforGroupI;
(b)inthecaseofthevarietiesBiondocomune(Blanca
comuna,Blondecommune)GranodeOro(Impe­
rial,Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,
Bloodoval(Doblefina,Doublefine),Portuguese
Blood,Sanguinaredonda(Entrefina),theSurinam
varietiesandtheOrdinaryBloodvarietywiththe
exceptionofNavelBlood(Doublefineimproved,
WashingtonBlood,LargeBlood)andMaltese
Blood,withthepricefixedforGroupIII;
(c)inthecaseofvarietiesmetspecifiedin(a)or(b):
—forthemonth_ofDecember,withthepricefor
GroupI,—fortheperiod1Januaryto30April,withthe
pricefixedforGroupII.
4.Incalculatingtheentrypricesasreferredtoin
paragraph3,thepricesforproductsimportedfrom
thirdcountriesshall,afterdeductionofcustoms
duties,beadjustedasfollows:
—inthecaseofproductsasspecifiedinparagraph3
(b),bytheconversionfactor0-76,
—inthecaseofproductstowhichthefirstindentof
paragraph3(c)applies,bytheconversionfactor
1-20,
—inthecasetowhichthesecondindentofpara­
graph3(c)applies,bytheconversionfactor100.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12November1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission