CELEX: 31973R3232
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3232/73 of the Commission of 29 November 1973 fixing the reference prices for mandarins, satsumas, clementines, tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits by the 1973/74 marketing year

30 . 11 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 330 / 33
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3232/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 29 November 1973
                fixing the reference prices for mandarins , satsumas , Clementines , tangerines and
                         other similar hybrid citrus fruits by the 1973 /74 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      representative market or markets situated in the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       production areas where prices are lowest, for products
                                                                    or varieties representing a considerable proportion of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the production marketed for part of the year or
Economic Community ;                                                throughout the whole year and satisfying given
                                                                    requirements as to packaging ; whereas for each repre­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       sentative market the average of the prices must be esta­
1 035/72 ( 1 ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­               blished disregarding prices which appear excessively
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                 high or low as compared with normal fluctuations on
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/ 72 (-'), and in               that market ;
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­
Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No             tries are directly comparable, as regards their value in
1035/72, reference prices for the whole Community                   trade, with Community products and whereas for the
are to be fixed each year before the beginning of the               other varieties and hybrids the conversion factor
marketing year ;                                                    should be determined according to their respective
                                                                    trade values and applied , in calculating the entry
Whereas the importance of mandarin production in                    price, to the prices of such products imported from
                                                                    third countries .
the Community is such that a reference price must be
fixed for that product, operative also for satsumas,
Clementines, tangerines and other similar hybrid                    Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
citrus fruits ;                                                     Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
                                                                    time limit set by its Chairman ,
Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­
ested during a given crop year are marketed extends
from November to the following March ; whereas the
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
quantity put on the market during March represents
only a small percentage of that marketed over the
whole marketing year ; whereas that month should
                                                                                             Artie c 1
therefore be disregarded and the reference price fixed
for the period running from 1 November to 28
February of the following year ;                                     1.    For the 1973 / 74 marketing year, the reference
                                                                    price for fresh mandarins, satsumas, Clementines,
Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No                      tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits
 1035/72 provides that reference prices for mandarins,              (subheading ex 08.02 B of the Common Customs
satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other similar                 Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of
hybrids are to be based on the arithmetic mean of                   packed products of Quality Class 1 of all sizes, shall
producer prices in each Member State, average fluctua­              from 1 November to 28 February be 18-8 .
tions in basic prices and purchasing prices in each
Member State, average fluctuations in basic prices and              2.     In calculating the entry price, the prices for
purchasing prices also being taken into account ;                   products other than mandarins, imported from third
                                                                    countries , shall after deduction of customs duties , be
Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for            adjusted by a conversion factor of
the whole marketing year appears to be the solution                 — 0-75 for Clementines (excluding monreales),
most suited to the particular nature of the Community
market in the product in question ;                                 — 1-00 for monreales, satsumas, tangerines and other
                                                                         similar hybrid citrus fruits .
Whereas the producer prices correspond to the
average of the prices recorded during the three years
                                                                                             Art idc 2
prior to the date of fixing the reference price for an
indigenous product under its trade description on the
                                                                    Thiy Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            following its publication in the Official Journal of
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147 .                          the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 29 November 1973 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI