CELEX: 31972R2538
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2538/72 of the Commission of 4 December 1972 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in price provided for, in respect of mandarins, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2431/72

18                              Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 272/20                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                   5.12.72
                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2538/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                             of 4 December 1972
             fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in price provided for,
                   in respect of mandarins, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2431/72
THE    COMMISSION      OF  THE EUROPEAN         COM­      No 1035/72 may be presented in new packages
MUNITIES .
                                                          of the 'Perdu' type; whereas to encourage the
                                                          disposal of these products in accordance with
                                                          the first and sixth indents of Article 21 ( 1 ) (a)
                                                          of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 the buying-in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the              of these products 'inclusive of packing' should
European Economic Community;                              be provided for in this case, when the packing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                 is not retrieved for re-use; whereas such buying­
No 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                  in operations could be carried out only if the
organisation of the market in fruit and vege­             use of packing of this type, which is rather
tables,   as   amended , by       Regulation   (EEC)      expensive, were justified by the trade value of
No 2454/72,2 and in particular Article 16 (4)             the products i-n question; whereas the buying-in
thereof;                                                  of products 'inclusive of packing' should
                                                          therefore be restricted to the Quality Classes
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 2431/723 the               'Extra', 'I' and 'II';
Council fixed the basic price and buying-in               Whereas the measures provided for in this
price for mandarins for the period from                   Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
16 November 1972 to . 28 February 1973 ;                  of the Management Committee for Fruit and
whereas these prices relate to packed products            Vegetables;
of certain varieties of Quality Class I, of certain
sizes; whereas under Article 16 (4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 the conversion factors by
which the prices of products of a different               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nature are calculated should be fixed; whereas ,
as regards quality, the provisions of the second
subparagraph of Article 19 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 are such that it is enough                                        Article 1
to fix the conversion factors for Classes II
and III ;                                                 The conversion factors provided for in
                                                          Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
Whereas the various conversion factors required           regarding variety, quality class, sizing and form
must be based on prices recorded on the                   of packing shall be as follows for mandarins:
markets ;
                                                                       'Quality class' conversion factor
Whereas, moreover, the packaging in which the
product is presented is not taken into considera­
tion in calculating the basic price and buying-in
price; whereas, however, products in respect of                    Quality class               Conversion factor
which intervention may take place as provided
for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        II                          0-75
                                                                       Ill                          0-45
1 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 266, 25.11.1972, p. 1.
3 OJ No L 264, 25.11.1972, p. 9.
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                  'Sizing' conversion factor                                        Article 2
                                       Conversion factor
                                                             Where, in respect of mandarins of the Quality
            Sizing
                                                             Classes 'Extra', T and 'II', presented in new
                                                             packing of the 'Perdu' type, the intervention
                                                             operations provided for in Articles 18 and 19
— more than 69 ram                           1-15
                                                             respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
                                                             are carried out 'inclusive of packing', the
— 54 mm/69 mm                                1-00            buying-in price shall be adjusted not only by
                                                             the conversion factors provided for in Article 1
— less than 54 mm                           0-80             but also by a packing conversion factor in cases
                                                             where the products are distributed in accordance
                                                             with the first and sixth indents of Article 21
For mixed sizings, the conversion factor to be used is       ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and the
that relating to the smallest size contained in the          packing is not retrieved for re-use.
package in question .
                                                             The conversion factor provided for in the
                                                             preceding subparagraph shall be so fixed that
                                                             when applied to the buying-in price as already
              'Presentation ' conversion factor
                                                             adjusted by the other factors it results in an
                                                             increase in the price of 1-8 units of account per
                                                             100 kilogrammes net.
         Presentation                  Conversion factor
                                                                                    Article 3
— packed                                    1-00             This Regulation shall enter into force on the
— in bulk in a vehicle                      0-95
                                                             day following its publication in the Official
                                                             Journal of the European Communities. It shall
                                                             apply until 28 February 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
             Member States .
             Done at Brussels, 4 pecember 1972.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               S. L. MANSHOLT