CELEX: 31976R2755
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2755/76 of 11 November 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges

13 . 11 . 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 312/37
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2755/76
                                                    of 11 November 1976
                fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     and buying-in prices and in the financial compensa­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       tion provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special
                                                                    measures for improving the production and marketing
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              of Community citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regu­
 Economic Community,                                                lation (EEC) No 793/76 (<) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas for the 1976/77 marketing year the financial
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
 of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last                2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                 preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
 particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                              that used for increases in the basic and buying-in
                                                                   prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1976/77
 Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
 1035/72 provides that reference prices valid for the              levels fixed for the previous year ;
 whole Community are to be fixed each year before the
 beginning of the marketing year ;                                 Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices
                                                                   the varieties imported from third countries of which
 Whereas the importance of sweet orange production                 the entry prices are respectively to be compared with
 in the Community is such that a reference price must              the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must be speci­
 be fixed for that product ;                                       fied ; whereas, moreover, certain varieties imported
                                                                   from third countries are not directly comparable, as
                                                                   regards their commercial value, with the Community
Whereas the period during which oranges harvested                  variety groups ; whereas provision should therefore be
 during a given crop year are marketed extends from                made to fix, by reference to their respective commer­
 October to the following June ; whereas the quantity              cial values, conversion factors to be applied for the
 put on the market during October and November and                 purpose of calculating the entry price to the prices for
during the following May and June represents only a                these varieties imported from third countries so as to
 small percentage of that marketed over the whole                  make them comparable with the Community variety
 marketing year ; whereas the reference price should               groups ;
 therefore be fixed only for a period running from 1
 December to 30 April of the following year ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, since the different varieties of sweet oranges            ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
are not comparable as regards their commercial value,
they should be classed in three groups ;
Whereas the solution best suited to the particular
nature of the Community market for the product in                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
question is to fix for each group a single reference
price for the whole marketing year ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices
for sweet oranges are, beginning with the 1975/76                  1 . For the 1976/77 marketing year, the reference
marketing year, to be fixed at a level equal to that of           prices for fresh sweet oranges (subheading 08.02 A I
the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by             of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
a percentage not exceeding the difference between the             account per 100 kilogrammes net and applicable to
percentages representing respectively the variation               Class I products of Groups I, II and III of all sizes,
compared with the preceding marketing year in basic               packed, shall be as follows :
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                           (3) OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.                                (4) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 1 .
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Group I : from 1 December to 31 March : 18-90,               (c) in the case of varieties not specified in (a) or (b) :
Group II : from 1 January to 30 April : 16-28,                    — for the month of December, with the price for
Group III : from 1 December to 30 April : 9-03.                        Group I,
                                                                  — for the period 1 January to 30 April, with the
2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1                       price fixed for Group II.
consist of the following varieties :
Group I : Moro and Tarocco,                                   4. In calculating the entry prices as referred to in
Group II : Sanguinello,
                                                              paragraph 3, the prices for products imported from
                                                              third countries shall, after deduction of customs
Group III : Biondo comune.                                    duties, be adjusted as follows :
3. The entry prices of imported products shall be             — in the case of products as specified in paragraph 3
compared :                                                        (b), by the conversion factor 0-76,
(a) in the case of the Moro and Tarocco varieties, with       — in the case of products to which the first indent of
    the price fixed for Group I ;                                 paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
(b) in the case of the varieties Biondo comune (Blanca             1-20,
    comuna, Blonde commune) Grano de Oro (Impe­               — in the case of products to which the second indent
    rial, Sucrena), Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple,            of paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
    Blood oval (Doblefina, Double fine), Portuguese                1-00 .
    Blood, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina), the Surinam
    varieties and the Ordinary Blood variety with the                                  Article 2
    exception of Navel Blood (Double fine improved,
    Washington Blood, Large Blood) and Maltese                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
     Blood, with the price fixed for Group III ;              1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 11 November 1976.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission