CELEX: 31978R2655
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2655/78 of 13 November 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges

14 . 11 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 320/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2655/78
                                                   of 13 November 1978
                fixing for the 1978 /79 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  tion provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special
                                                                 measures for improving the production and marketing
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           of Community citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regu­
 Economic Community,                                             lation (EEC) No 1 1 22/78 (4) ;
                                                                Whereas for the 1978/79 marketing year the financial
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
                                                                 2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in              that applied to the basic and buying-in prices ;
 particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                           whereas the reference prices for the 1978/79
                                                                 marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  levels fixed for the previous year ;
 1035/72 provides that reference prices valid for the
whole Community are to be fixed each year before the            Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices
 beginning of the marketing year ;                               the varieties imported from third countries of which
                                                                 the entry prices are respectively to be compared with
Whereas the importance of sweet orange production                the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must be speci­
 in the Community is such that a reference price must            fied ; whereas, moreover, certain varieties imported
be fixed for that product ;                                      from third countries are not directly comparable, as
                                                                 regards their commercial value, with the Community
Whereas the period during which oranges harvested               variety groups ; whereas provision should therefore be
 during a given crop year are marketed extends from             made to fix, by reference to their respective commer­
October to 15 July of the following year ; whereas the          cial values, conversion factors to be applied for the
quantity put on the market during October and                   purpose of calculating the entry price to the prices for
 November and from 1 June to 15 July of the                      these varieties imported from third countries so as to
 following year represents only a small percentage of            make them comparable with the Community variety
                                                                groups ;
that marketed over the whole marketing year ;
whereas the reference price should therefore be fixed
only for a period running from 1 December to 31                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
May of the following year ;                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas, since the different varieties of sweet oranges
are not comparable as regards their commercial value,
they should be classed in three groups ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the solution best suited to the particular
nature of the Community market for the product in                                        Article 1
question is to fix for each group a single reference
price for the whole marketing year ;
                                                                 1 . For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference
                                                                prices for fresh sweet oranges (subheading 08.02 A I
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23            of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices            account per 100 kilograms net and applicable to Class
for sweet oranges are, beginning with the 1975/76               I products of Groups I, II and III of all sizes, packed,
marketing year, to be fixed at a level equal to that of         shall be as follows :
the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by
a percentage not exceeding the difference between the           — Group I : from 1 December to 31 March : 18-90,
percentages representing respectively the variation
compared with the preceding marketing year in basic             — Group II : from 1 January to 31 May : 16-28,
and buying-in prices and in the financial compensa­             — Group III : from 1 December to 30 April : 9-03 .
0) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                           (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.                           (4) OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 13.
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2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1                 — for the period 1 January to 31 May, with the
consist of the following varieties :                                  price fixed for Group II.
— Group I : Moro and Tarocco,
— Group II : Sanguinello,                                    4. In calculating the entry prices as referred to in
— Group III : Biondo comune.                                 paragraph 3, the prices for products imported from
                                                             third countries shall, after deduction of customs
3. The entry prices of imported products shall be            duties, be adjusted as follows :
compared :
                                                             — in the case of products as specified in paragraph 3
(a) in the case of the Moro and Tarocco varieties, with          (b), by the conversion factor 0.76,
    the price fixed for Group I ;
                                                             — in the case of products to which the first indent of
(b) in the case of the varieties Biondo comune (Blanca
                                                                 paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
    comuna, Blonde commune), Grano de Oro (Impe­                 1.20,
    rial, Sucrena), Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple,
    Blood oval (Doblefina, Double fine), Portuguese          — in the case of products to which the second indent
    Blood, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina), the Surinam             of paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
    varieties and the Ordinary Blood variety with the            1.00 .
    exception of Navel Blood (Double fine improved,
    Washington Blood, Large Blood) and Maltese
    Blood, with the price fixed for Group III ;                                       Article 2
(c) in the case of varieties not specified in (a) or (b) :
    — for the month of December, with the price for          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
         Group I,                                             1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 13 November 1978.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President