CELEX: 31975R3177
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3177/75 of the Commission of 4 December 1975 fixing for the marketing year 1975/76 the minimum purchase price for oranges supplied for processing and the amount of financial compensation payable in respect of the processing of such oranges

No L 315/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             5 . 12. 75
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3177/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 4 December 1975
              fixing for the marketing year 1975/76 the minimum purchase price for oranges
              supplied for processing and the amount of financial compensation payable in
                                          respect of the processing of such oranges
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
COMMUNITIES,                                                        Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               time limit set by its Chairman,
Economic Community ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2601 /69 (J) of 18 December 1969 laying down special                                         Article 1
measures to encourage the processing of certain varie­
ties of oranges, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                1.     For the marketing year 1975/76, the minimum
No 2483/75 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 3              price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
(2) thereof ;                                                       No 2601 /69 shall be as follows :
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69                   — 7*30 units of account per 100 kg net for products
provides that the minimum price which, under the                         of Class I,
contracts, must be paid by the processers to the                    — 6-00 units of account per 100 kg net for products
producers is to be calculated on the basis of the                        of Class II,
purchase price plus 10 % of the basic price of the                  — 4-70 units of account per 100 kg net for products
varieties which, by reason of their commercial charac­                   of Class III or of mixed grades.
teristics, are usually sent for processing ; whereas,
since the products in question are oranges of the                   2.     This price shall apply to goods ex-producers'
Biondo commune variety, the minimum price should                    packing station .
be fixed on the basis of the average purchase price
                                                                                             Article 2
operative for oranges of that variety in the current
marketing year under Regulation (EEC) No 474/75 (3)                 The amount of the financial compensation referred to
fixing the basic prices and the purchase prices for                 in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69 shall
sweet oranges, and Regulation (EEC) No 1203/73 (4)                  be as follows :
fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the
purchase price for sweet oranges, as last amended by                — 4-70 units of account per 100 kg net for products
                                                                         of Class I,
Regulation (EEC) No 2571 /75 (5), plus 10% of the
average basic price for that period ;                               — 3-40 units of account per 100 kg net for products
                                                                         of Class II,
Whereas, as regards the calculation of the financial                — 2-10 units of account per 100 kg net for products
compensation, it has proved necessary, in order to                       of Class III or of mixed grades.
 provide the maximum incentive for the processing of
 the products in question, to base it on the difference                                      Article 3
between the minimum price paid to the producer and
 80 % of the average price prevailing in the industry in             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 the principal producer Member State during the three                following its publication in the Official Journal of
 marketing years 1972/73, 1973/74 and 1974/75 ;                      the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 4 December 1975 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (•) OJ  No L  324 27. 12. 1969 , p. 21 .
 (2) OJ  No L  254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 5 .
 P)  OJ  No L  52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 24.
 (4  OJ  No L  123 10 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .
 (5) OJ  No L  262, 10 . 10 . 1975, p . 22.