CELEX: 31975R2971
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2971/75 of the Commission of 12 November 1975 fixing for the 1975/76 marketing year the reference price for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids

No L 295/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             14 . 11 . 75
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2971 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 12 November 1975
               fixing for the 1975/76 marketing year the reference price for mandarins
               (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
                                                          citrus hybrids
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      prices and in the financial compensation provided for
COMMUNITIES,                                                        by Council Regulation (EEC) No 251 1 /69 (3) of 9
                                                                    December 1969 laying down special measures for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               improving the production and marketing of Commu­
Economic Community ;                                                nity citrus fruit, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 2481 /75 (4) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas for the 1975/76 marketing year the financial
1 035/72 ( J) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                 2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in                  preceding marketing year, by a percentage exceeding
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                               that by which the basic and buying-in prices have
                                                                    been increased ; whereas the reference prices for the
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     1975/76 marketing year should therefore be main­
1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole                tained at the levels fixed for the previous year ;
Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­
ning of the marketing year ;                                        Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­
                                                                    tries are directly comparable, as regards their commer­
Whereas the importance of mandarin production in                    cial value, with Community products ; whereas for the
the Community is such that a reference price must be                other varieties and hybrids conversion factors should
fixed for that product, such price to be operative also             be determined according to their respective commer­
for tangerines, satsumas, Clementines, Wilkings and                 cial values and applied, in calculating the entry price,
other similar citrus hybrids ;                                      to the prices of such products imported from third
                                                                    countries ;
Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­
ested during a given crop year are marketed extends                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
from November to the following March ; whereas the                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
quantity put on the market during March represents                  ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
only a small percentage of that marketed over the
whole marketing year ; whereas that month should
therefore be disregarded and the reference price fixed
for the period running from 1 November to 29                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
February of the following year ;
Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for                                       Article 1
the whole marketing year appears to be the solution
most suited to the particular nature of the Community                1.    For the 1975/76 marketing year, the reference
market in the product in question ;                                 price for fresh mandarins (including tangerines and
                                                                    satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23                citrus hybrids of subheading ex 08.02 B of the
(2), of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices               Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of
for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),                  account per 100 kg net of packed products of Quality
Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids              Class I of all sizes, shall for the period 1 November to
are, beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be                29 February, be 19-74.
fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing
year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not                      2.    In calculating the entry price, the prices for
exceeding the difference between the percentages                     products imported from third countries other than
 representing respectively the variation compared with               mandarins shall , after deduction of customs duties, be
 the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in                adjusted by a conversion factor of :
(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                           (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p . 3 .                            (4 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 1 .
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— 0-75 for Clementines (excluding monreales),                                      Article 2
                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— 1-00 for monreales, tangerines, satsumas, Wilkings        following its publication in the Official Journal of
    and other similar citrus hybrids.                       the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 12 November 1975.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission