CELEX: 31972R2539
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2539/72 of the Commission of 4 December 1972 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in price provided for, in respect of sweet oranges, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2430/72

20                            Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 272/22                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  5.12.72
                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2539/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                            of 4 December 1972
           fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in price provided for,
                in respect of sweet oranges, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2431/72
THE    COMMISSION     OF THE EUROPEAN         COM­      Article 21 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
MUNITIES ,                                              1035/72 the buying-in of these products 'in­
                                                        clusive of packing' should be provided for in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the            this case, when the packing is not retrieved for
European Economic Community;                            re-use; whereas such buying-in operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)               could be carried out only if the use of packing
No 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                of this type, which is rather expensive, were
organisation of the market in fruit and vege­           justified by the trade value of the products in
tables, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                  question; whereas the buying-in of products
No 2454/72,2 and in particular Article 16 (4)           'inclusive of packing' should therefore be
thereof;                                                restricted to the Quality Classes 'Extra', T
                                                        and C II';
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 2430/723 the
Council fixed the basic price and buying-in             Whereas the measures provided for in this
price for sweet oranges for the period from             Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
1 December 1972 to 30 April 1973; whereas               of the Management Committee for Fruit and
these prices relate to packed products of               Vegetables;
certain varieties of Quality Class I, of certain
sizes; whereas under Article 16 (4) of Regulation       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 1035/72 the conversion factors by
which the prices of products of a different                                     Article 1
nature are calculated should be fixed; whereas ,
as regards quality, the provisions of the second        The conversion factors provided for in
subparagraph of\ Article 19 (2) of Regulation           Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
(EEC) No 1035/72 are such that it is enough             regarding variety, quality class, sizing and
to fix the conversion factors for Classes II            form of packings shall be as follows for sweet
and III;                                                oranges :
Whereas the various conversion factors required                         'Variety' conversion factor
must be based on prices recorded on the
markets ;                                                                                       Conversion factor
Whereas, moreover, the packaging in which                              Variety                             January
the product is presented is not taken into                                                                 February
consideration in calculating the basic price and                                             December       March
                                                                                                             April
buying-in price; whereas, however, products in
respect of which intervention may take place as
provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation        Moro, Tarocco, Ovale Cala­
(EEC) No 1035/72 may be presented in new                   brese, Belladonna                   1-00          1-10
packings of the 'Perdu' type; whereas to                Sanguinello group, Navel
encourage the disposal of these products in                comune, Valencia late               0-90          1-00
accordance with the first and sixth indents of
                                                        Sanguigno group                        0-70          0-80
                                                        Biondo comune and other
1 OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1.                            varieties                           0-35          0-40
2 OJ No L 266, 25.11.1972, p. 1 .
3 OJ No L 264, 23.11.1972, p. 7,
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              'Quality class' conversion factor                                  'Presentation' conversion factor
          Quality class                 Conversion factor                           Presentation               Conversion factor
                                                                                                                                i
               II                            0-75                    — packed                                       1-00
                                                                     — in bulk in a vehicle                         0-95
              III                          , 0-50
                                                                                              Article 2
                                                                     Where, in respect of sweet oranges of the
                                                                     Quality Classes 'Extra', T and II', presented
                                                                     in new packing of the 'Perdu' type, the inter­
                    'Sizing' conversion factor                       vention operations provided for in Articles 18
                                                                     and 19 respectively of Regulation (EEC)
                     Sizing                    Conversion factor     No     1035/72    are     carried   out  'inclusive      of
                                                                     packing' the buying-in price shall be adjusted
                                                                     not only by the conversion factors provided
(a) Tarocco variety:                                                for in Article 1 but also by a packing conversion
    — more than 88 mm                                 0-9            factor, in cases where the products are distri­
    — 73 - 88 mm                                      1-0            buted in accordance with the first and sixth
    — less than 73 mm                                 0-9            indents of Article 21 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC)
    — mixed                                           0-9            No 1035/72 and the packing is not retrieved for
                                                                     re-use .
(b) Varieties listed in the Annex:
    — more than 80 mm                                 0-9
                                                                     The conversion factor provided for in the
    — 67 - 88 mm                                      1-0            preceding subparagraph shall be so fixed that
    — less than 67 mm                                 0-9            when applied to the buying-in price as already
    — mixed                                           0-9            adjusted by the other factors it results in an
                                                                     increase in the price of 1-7 units of account per
(c) Other varieties:
                                                                     100 kilogrammes net.
    — more than 76 mm                                 0-9                                      Article 3
    — 60-76 mm                                        1-0
    — less than 60 mm                                 0-9            This Regulation shall enter into force on
    — mixed                                           0-9            1 December 1972. It shall apply until 30 April
                                                                     1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
              Member States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 December 1972.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT
                                                                ANNEX
                                                        — Moro
                                                        — Ovale calabrese
                                                        — Belladonna
                                                        — Sanguinello group
                                                        — Sanguigiio group
                                                        — Navel comune
                                                        — Valencia late