CELEX: 31976R2780
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2780/76 of 17 November 1976 fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the minimum purchase price for oranges supplied for processing and the amount of financial compensation payable in respect of the processing of such oranges

18 . 11 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 318 /9
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2780/76
                                                          of 17 November 1976
                 fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the minimum purchase price for oranges
                 supplied for processing and the amount of financial compensation payable in
                                              respect of the processing of such oranges
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2601 /69 of 18 December 1969 laying down special                                                Article 1
 measures to encourage the processing of certain varie­
 ties of oranges ( ] ), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2483/75 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3)                   1.   For the marketing year 1976/77, the minimum
 and 3 (2) thereof,                                                     price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 2601 / 69 shall be as follows :
                                                                        — 7-90 units of account per 100 kg net for products
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69                           of Class I ,
 provides that the minimum price which , under the
 contracts, must be paid by processors to producers is                  — 6-50 units of account per 100 kg net for products
 to be calculated on the basis of the purchase price                        of Class II ,
 plus 10 % of the basic price of the varieties which , by
                                                                        — 510 units of account per 100 kg net for products
 reason of their commercial characteristics, are usually
                                                                            of Class III or of mixed grades .
sent for processing ; whereas, since the products in
question are oranges of the Biondo comune variety,
the minimum price should be fixed on the basis of                       2. This price shall apply to goods ex-producers
 the average purchase price operative for oranges of                    packing station .
 that variety in the current marketing year under
 Council Regulation ( EEC) No 833/76 of 6 April 1976
 fixing certain prices and other amounts applicable in
agriculture for the 1976/77 marketing year (3), and                                              Article 2
 Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1203/73 of 4 May
 1973 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the                The amount of the financial compensation referred to
buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables (4 ), as last                 in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2601 /69 shall
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2398 /76 (5 ), plus                     be as follows :
 10 % of the average basic price for that period ;
                                                                        — 5-30 units of account per 100 kg net for products
                                                                            of Class I ,
Whereas, as regards the calculation of financial                        — 3-90 units of account per 100 kg net for products
compensation , it is considered appropriate, in order to                    of Class II ,
 provide the maximum incentive for the processing of
the products in question , to base it on the difference                 — 2-50 units of account per 100 kg net for products
between the minimum price paid to the producer and                          of Class III or of mixed grades .
80 % of the average price prevailing in the industry in
the principal producer Member State during the three
marketing years 1973 /74, 1974/75 and 1975/76 ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
(')  OJ  No   L 324,  27 . 12 . 1969 , p. 21
(2 ) OJ  No   L 254 , 1 . 10 . 1975 , p. 5 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(3 ) OJ  No   L 100 , 14 . 4 . 1976 , p. 12 .
(4 ) OJ  No   L 123 , 10 . 5 . 1 973 , p. 1 .                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
(5 ) OJ  No   L 270 , 2 . 10 . 1976, p. 17 .                            the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 17 November 1976 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission