CELEX: 31973R3174
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3174/73 of the Commission of 22 November 1973 fixing, for the 1973/74 marketing year, the minimum purchase price for oranges delivered to industry and the amount of financial compensation for those oranges after processing

23. 11 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 322/35
                              REGULATION EEC No 3174/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 22 November 1973
               fixing, for the 1973/74 marketing year, the minimum purchase price for oranges
              delivered to industry and the amount of financial compensation for those
                                                       oranges after processing
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 ;
                                                                       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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     1 . For the 1973/74 marketing year, the minimum
176/73 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 3 (2)                 price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
thereof ;                                                              No 2601 /69 is fixed as follows :
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69                     — 5-7 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
provides that the minimum price which, under the                           Class I,
contracts, must be paid by the processors to the                      — 4-6 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
producers is calculated on the basis of the purchase                       Class II,
price plus 10 % of the basis price of the varieties                   — 3-9 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
which, by reason of their commercial characteristics,                      Class III or mixed.
are usually sent for processing ; whereas since the
products in question are oranges of the Biondo                         2.   This price refers to packed goods leaving produ­
comune variety, the minimum price should be fixed                     cers' packing stations.
on the basis of the average purchase price operative
                                                                                                Article 2
for oranges of that variety in the current marketing
year under Regulation (EEC) No 1343/73 (3) fixing the                 The amount of the financial compensation referred to
basic prices and the purchase prices for sweet oranges,                in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69 is
and (EEC) No 1203/73 (4) fixing the conversion                         fixed as follows :
factors to be applied to the purchase price for sweet
oranges, plus 10 % of the average basic price corres­                 — 2-6 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
                                                                           Class I,
ponding to that same period ;
                                                                      — 1-5 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
Whereas, as regards the calculation of the financial                       Class II ,
compensation, it has proved necessary, in order to
                                                                      — 0-9 units of account per 100 kg net for products in
provide the maximum encouragement to the                                   Class III or mixed .
processing of the products in question, to base it on
the difference between the minimum price paid to                                                Article 3
the producer and 80 % of the average price prevailing
in the industry in the principal producer Member                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
State during the three marketing years 1970/71 ,                       publication in the Official Journal of the European
1971 / 72 and 1972/ 73 ;                                               Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No L  324, 27 . 12 . 1969 , p . 21
(2 ) OJ No L  25, 30 . 1 . 1 973 , p . 3 .
(3)  OJ No L  141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(4)  OJ No L  123 , 10 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .