CELEX: 31976R2754
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2754/76 of 11 November 1976 applying Class III to certain citrus fruits for the 1976/77 marketing year

No L 312/36                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          13 . 11 . 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2754/76
                                                      of 11 November 1976
                    applying Class III to certain citrus fruits for the 1976/77 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       lemons ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluctua­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tions in production from one marketing year to
                                                                     another, Class III should be applicable for a limited
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                period only ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
of the market in fruit and vegetables ( J), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of                                            Article 1
19 February 1971 fixing the common quality stan­
dards for citrus fruits (3), defines a Class III for these           The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 843/76 is
products ;                                                           amended by the addition of the following :
                                                                         'Oranges : from 1 October 1976 to 30 June 1977.
Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article                   Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines, tangerines
4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, Class III is to                  and other hybrids : from 1 November 1976 to 31
be applied only if products falling within this class are                March 1977.'
needed to meet consumer demand ; whereas this
condition, which has already been recognized as                                             Article 2
fulfilled for lemons by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 843/76 of 9 April 1976 applying quality Classes                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
III to certain fruit for the 1976/77 marketing year (4),             following its publication in the Official Journal of
has also been fulfilled for citrus fruits other than                 the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 11 November 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p . 6 .
(3) OJ   No L 45, 24. 2 . 1971 , p. 1 .
 4) OJ   No L 96, 10 . 4. 1976, p. 27 .