CELEX: 31972R2521
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2521/72 of the Commission of 30 November 1972 fixing the reference prices for mandarins, satsumas, clementines, tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits

Official Journal of the European Communities                               5
 1.12.72                        Official Journal of the European Communities                   No L 270/61
                     REGULATION (EEC) No 2521/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                             of 30 November 1972
            fixing the reference prices for mandarins, satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and
                                        other similar hybrid citrus fruits
 THE   COMMISSION       OF   THE    EUROPEAN    COM­       wholesale' stage; whereas these prices are thus
 MUNITIES ,                                                directly comparable with the arithmetic mean
                                                           of the producer prices and therefore do not
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the               need to be increased by the amount referred to
European Econom.c Community;                               above;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                 Whereas under Article 23 (2) of Regulation
 No 1035/721 of 15 May 1972 on the common                  (EEC) No 1035/72 the producer prices in each
 organisation of the market in fruit and vege­             Member State correspond to the average of the
tables, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                     prices recorded during the three years prior to
 No 2454/72,2 and in particular Article 27 (1 )            the date of fixing the reference price on the
thereof;                                                   representative market or markets situated in
                                                           the production areas where prices are lowest;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1) of Regula­            whereas the prices on which calculations are
tion (EEC) No 1035/72 and to Article 1 (1) of              based must, under Article 1 ( 1) of Regulation
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/703 of                (EEC) No 1291/70, relate to Class I products,
 1 July 1970 laying down detailed rules for the            of all sizes, packed, the packing costs being
 application of that Article, reference prices for         included in the price; whereas Article 23 (2)
the whole Community are fixed each year                    of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 further
 before the beginning of the marketing year;               provides that only prices recorded for products
                                                           or varieties representing a considerable propor­
Whereas the importance of mandarin produc­                 tion of the production marketed for part of the
tion in the Community is such that a reference             year or throughout the whole year shall be used;
price must be fixed for that product, operative
 also for satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and            Whereas for each representative market the
other similar hybrid citrus fruits;                        average of the prices must, in accordance with
                                                           Article 23 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,
Whereas for an irdigenous product under its                be established disregarding prices which appear
trade description the reference price is equal             excessively high or low as compared with
to the arithmetic mean of the producer prices              normal fluctuations on that market;
in each Member State, plus an amount based on
marketing costs, to make the reference price               Whereas the fixing of a single reference price
and the price of imported products comparable              valid for the whole marketing year appears to
at the same marketing stage; whereas, under                be the solution most suited to the particular
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291/70,              nature of the Community market in the product
the prices to be used in fixing those producer             in question ;
prices must relate to the 'ex-producers' associa­
tion' or any other comparable marketing stage;             Whereas only mandarins imported from third
whereas, under the first subparagraph of                   countries are directly comparable, as regards
Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,             their value in trade, with Community products
the entry prices of imported products must be              and whereas for the other varieties and hybrids
calculated on or adjusted to the 'importer/                the conversion factor should be determined
                                                           according to their respective trade values and
1   OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1.
                                                           applied, in calculating the entry price, to the
2   OJ No L 266, 25.11 1972, p. 1 .                        prices of such products imported from third
3   OJ No L 144, 2.7.1S70, p. 10.                          countries ;
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Whereas the measures provided for in this                                    Article 2
Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
of the Management Committee for Fruit and
Vegetables;                                             In calculating the entry price, the prices for
                                                        products other than mandarins, imported from
                                                        third countries, shall be adjusted by a con­
                                                        version factor of:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                            — 0-70 for Clementines (excluding monreales)
                                                        — 0-80 for monreales, satsumas, tangerines and
                      Article 1                             other similar hybrid citrus fruits.
The    reference   price     operative   for  fresh
mandarins, satsumas , Clementines , tangerines                               Article 3
and other similar hybrid citrus fruits (sub­
heading ex 08.02 B of the Common Customs
Tariff), expressed in units of account per              This Regulation shall enter into force on the
100 kg net of packed products of Quality                day following its publication in the Official
Class I of all sizes , shall from 1 November to         Journal of the European Communities. It shall
28 February inclusive be 17-8.                          apply until 30 September 1973 .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
           Member States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 November 1972.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                        S. L. MANSHOLT