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1.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL270/63
REGULATION (EEC)No2522/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of30November1972
fixingthereferencepricesfororanges
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1035/721of18May1972onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfruitandvege­
tables,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2454/72,2andinparticularArticle27(1)
thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle23(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72andtoArticle1(1)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1291/703of
1July1970layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthatArticle,referencepricesfor
thewholeCommunityarefixedeachyear
beforethebeginningofthemarketingyear;
Whereastheimportanceofsweetorange
productionintheCommunityissuchthata
referencepricemustbefixedforthatproduct;
Whereasforanindigenousproductunderits
tradedescriptionthereferencepriceisequalto
thearithmeticmeanoftheproducerpricesin
eachMemberState,plusanamount,basedon
marketingcosts,tomakethereferenceprice
andthepriceofimportedproductscomparable
atthesamemarketingstage;whereas,under
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1291/70,
thepricestobeusedinfixingthoseproducer
pricesmustrek.tetothe'ex-producers'associa­
tion'oranyothercomparablemarketing
stage;whereas,underthefirstsubparagraph of
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,
theentrypricesofimportedproductsmustbe
calculatedonoradjustedtothe'import/
wholesale'stage;whereasthesepricesare
thusdirectlycomparablewiththearithmetic
meanoftheproducerpricesandthereforedo
notneedtobeincreasedbytheamountreferred
toabove;WhereasunderArticle23(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72theproducerpricesineach
MemberStatecorrespondtotheaverageof
thepricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
priortothedateoffixingthereferencepriceon
therepresentative marketormarketssituated
intheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowest;whereasthepricesonwhichcalculations
arebasedmust,underArticle1(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1291/70,relatetoClassIproducts,
ofallsizes,packed,thepackingcostsbeing
includedintheprice;whereasArticle23(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1035/72furtherprovides
thatonlypricesrecordedforproductsor
varietiesrepresentingaconsiderableproportion
oftheproductionmarketedforpartofthe
yearorthroughoutthewholeyearshallbeused;
Whereasforeachrepresentative marketthe
averageofthepricesmust,inaccordancewith
Article23(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,
beestablisheddisregardingpriceswhichappear
excessivelyhighorlowascomparedwith
normalfluctuationsonthatmarket;
Whereas,sincethevarietiesofsweetoranges
arenotcomparableasregardstheirvaluein
trade,theyshouldbeclassedinthreegroups;
Whereasthesolutionbestsuitedtotheparticular
natureoftheCommunitymarketforthe
productinquestionwouldbetofixforeach
groupasinglereferencepriceforthewhole
marketingyear;
Whereas,forthepurposeofcalculatingthe
entryprices,thevarietiesimportedfromthird
countriesofwhichtheentrypricesarerespec­
tivelytobecomparedwiththepricesfixedfor
GroupsI,IIandIIImustbespecified;whereas,
moreover,certainvarietiesimportedfromthird
countriesarenotdirectlycomparable ,as
regardstheirvalueintrade,withCommunity
groupsofvarieties;whereas,therefore,onthe
basisoftheirrespectivetradingvalues,conver­
sionfactorsshouldbefixedandapplied,in
calculatingtheentryprice,tothepricesfor1OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.1.
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Article2 thesevarietiesimportedfromthirdcountries,
soastomakethemcomparablewithCom­
munitygroupsofvarieties;
Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis
RegulationareinaccordancewiththeOpinion
oftheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetables;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article11.Theentrypricesofimportedproducts
shallbecompared :
(a)withthepricefixedforGroupI,asregards
theMoroandTaroccovarieties;
(b)withthepricefixedforGroupIII,as
regardsBiondocomune(Blancacomuna,
Blondecommune),GranodeCro(Imperial,
Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,
Bloodoval(Doblefina,Doublefine),Portu­
gueseBlood,Sanguinaredonda(Entrefina),
theSurinamvarietiesandtheOrdinary
BloodvarietywiththeexceptionofNavel
Blood(Doublefineimproved,Washington
Blood,largeBlood)andMalteseBlood;
(c)asregardsvarietiesnotlistedunder(a)
and(b):
(i)forthemonthofDecember,withthe
priceforGroupI;
(ii)fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto30April,
withthepricefixedforGroupII.
2.Incalculatingtheentrypricereferredtoin
paragraph1,thepricesforproductsimported
fromthirdcountriesshallbeadjusted:
(i)forproductslistedinparagraph1(b),by
theconversionfactor0-76;
(ii)forproductstowhichthefirstindentof
paragraph1(c)applies,bytheconversion
factor1-20;
(iii)forproductstowhichthesecondindentof
paragraph1(c)applies,bytheconversion
factor1·00.1.Thereferencepricesforfreshsweet
oranges(subheading08.02AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff),expressedinunitsofaccount
per100kgnetofeachofthevarietiesof
GroupsI,IIandIIIforClassIproducts,ofall
sizes,packed,shallbe:
GroupI:from1Decemberto
31Marchinclusive : 17-2
GroupII:from1Januaryto
30Aprilinclusive:14-8
GroupIII:from1Decemberto
30Aprilinclusive: 8-2.
2.Thegroupsofvarietiesreferredtoin
paragraph 1shallconsistofthefollowing
varieties:
Article3 GroupI:MoroandTarocco
GroupII:Sanguinello
GroupIII:Biondocomune.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1December1972.Itshallapplyuntil
30September1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,30November1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT