CELEX: 51987PC0480(02)
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING, AS REGARDS SATSUMAS, MANDARINS, CLEMENTINES AND NECTARINES, RULES FOR APPLYING ARTICLE 19 C OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

28.10.87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             NoC288/ll
               Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1987/88 marketing year, certain prices for
                                    Clementines and satsumas in the fruit and vegetables sector
                                                        COM(87) 480 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 October 1987)
                                                         (87/C 288/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the basic prices must be fixed on the basis of
                                                                    the trend of average prices recorded in the three
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               preceding years on the most representative producer
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    markets of the Community for a product with defined
thereof,                                                            commercial characteristics, such as variety or type,
                                                                    quality class, sizing and packaging; whereas the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        buying-in prices must be fixed in relation to the basic
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   price in accordance with Article 16 (3) of Regulation
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended          (EEC) No 1035/72;
by Regulation (EEC) No . . . , and in particular Article 16
(') thereof,                                                        Whereas the amounts and prices fixed in this Regulation
                                                                    are to be applicable within the Community as constituted
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  on 31 December 1985; whereas Spain, during the first
                                                                    phase, and Portugal, during the first stage, are auth-
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   orized to maintain, in respect of fruit and vegetables, the
liament,                                                            rules in force under the former national arrangements
                                                                    for the organization of their internal agricultural
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC)             markets, under the conditions laid down in Articles 133
No 1035/72, a basic price and a buying-in price must be             to 135 and 262 to 265 of the Act of Accession; whereas,
fixed for each of the products listed in Annex II to that           consequently, Spain and Portugal will fix their prices for
Regulation and for each marketing year; whereas, in                 the products in question during this period in accordance
accordance with Article 1 (3) of the said Regulation, the           with the Act,
marketing years for Clementines and satsumas run from 1
October to 15 May;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas, however, in accordacne with the third sub-
paragraph of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC)                                                Article 1
No 1035/72, no basic price nor buying-in price must be
fixed in the slack marketing periods at the beginning and           For the 1987/88 marketing year, the basic and buying-in
end of the marketing year;                                          prices for Clementines and satsumas, the periods during
                                                                    which they shall apply and the standard qualities to
Whereas, when the basic and buying-in prices for fruit              which they shall refer are as shown in the Annex.
and vegetables are fixed, account should be taken of the
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the                                        Article 2
contribution which the Community intends to make
towards the harmonious development of world trade;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
include ensuring a fair standard of living for the agri-            European Communities.                                   '
cultural community, assuring the availability of supplies
and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
prices;                                                             directly applicable in all Member States.
(') O J N o L 118,20.5. 1972, p. 1.
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                                                             ANNEX
                                                            SATSUMAS
                                         For the period 16 October 1987 to 15 January 1988
                                                                                                          (ECU/WO kg net)
                                  Period                               Basic price                  Buying-in price
           October (16 to 31)                                            30,48                          14,00 ,
           November                                                      23,78                          11,90
           From 1 December to 15 January                                 25,51                          12,76
           These prices relate to packed satsumas (Unshiu owari), of quality class I, of size 54 to 69 mm.
                                                          CLEMENTINES
                                       For the period 16 November 1987 to 15 February 1988
                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg net)
                                  Period                               Basic price                  Buying-in price
           November (16 to 30)                                            39,69                         19,85
           December                                                       34,96                         19,23
           January                                                        32,77                         18,02
           February (1 to 15)                                             37,53                         18,77
           These prices relate to packed Clementines (citrus reticulata Blanco), of quality class I, of size 43 to 60 mm.
            N.B.: The prices given in this Annex do not take account of the cost of the packaging in which the
                  product is presented.