CELEX: 31977R2664
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2664/77 of 1 December 1977 fixing for the  marketing year 1977/78 the minimum purchase price for oranges supplied for processing and the amount of financial compensation payable in respect of the processing of such oranges

2 . 12 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 309 /7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2664/77
                                                        of 1 December 1977
               fixing for the marketing year 1977/78 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2601 /69 of 18 December 1969 laying down special
 measures to encourage the processing of certain varie­                                        Article 1
 ties of oranges ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                      1.    For the marketing year 1977/78 , the minimum
 (EEC) No 2483/75 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3)               price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 and 3 (2) thereof,                                                   No 2601 /69 shall be as follows :
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69
 provides that the minimum price to be paid under                     — 8-20 units of account per 100 kg net for products
                                                                          of Class I ,
 contract by the processors to the producers is to be
 calculated on the basis of the purchase price plus                   — 6-74 units of account per 100 kg net for products
 10 % of the basic price of the varieties which, by                       of Class II ,
 reason of their commercial characteristics, are usually              — 5-30 units of account per 100 kg net for products
"sent for processing ; whereas, since the products in                     of Class III or of mixed grades.
 question are oranges of the Biondo comune variety,                   2.    This price shall apply to goods ex producers'
 the minimum price should be fixed on the basis of                    packaging station .
 the average purchase price operative for oranges of
 that variety in the current marketing year under                                              Article 2
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 868 /77 of 26 April
  1977 fixing the basic prices and the purchase prices                The amount of the financial compensation referred to
 for sweet oranges (3), and under Commission Regula­                  in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69 shall
 tion (EEC) No 1203/73 of 4 May 1973 fixing the                       be as follows :
 conversion factors to be applied to the purchase price               — 5-50 units of account per 100 kg net for products
 for sweet oranges (4), as last amended by Regulation                     of Class I ,
 (EEC) No 2398 /76 (5), plus 10 % of the average basic
 price for that period ;                                              — 4-04 units of account per 100 kg net for products
                                                                          of Class II ,
 Whereas, as regards the calculation of the financial                 — 2-60 units of account per 100 kg net for products
 compensation, it has proved necessary, in order to                       of Class III or of mixed grades.
 provide the maximum incentive for the processing of
 the products in question , to base it on the difference                                       Article 3
 between the minimum price paid to the producer and
  80 % of the average price prevailing in the industry in             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 the principal producer Member State during the three                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
 marketing years 1974/75, 1975/76 and 1976/77 ;                       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 December 1977 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
  (') OJ  No L 324,  27 . 12. 1969, p. 21
 (2 ) OJ  No L 254,  1 . 10 . 1975, p. 5 .
 (3)  OJ  No L 106,  29 . 4. 1977, p . 5 .
 (4)  OJ  No L 123 , 10 . 5 . 1973, p. 1 .
 (5)  OJ  No L 270 , 2 . 10 . 1976, p . 17.