CELEX: 31974R2975
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2975/74 of the Commission of 26 November 1974 fixing the reference price for mandarins, satsumas, clementines, tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits for the 1974/75 marketing year

No L 317/ 12                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           27 . 11 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2975/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 26 November 1974
                fixing the reference price for mandarins, satsumas, Clementines , tangerines and
                        other similar hybrid citrus fruits for the 1974/75 marketing year
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   most suited to the particular nature of the Community
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     market in the product in question ;
                                                                  Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            average of the prices recorded during the three years
 Economic Community ;                                             prior to the date of fixing the reference price for an
                                                                  indigenous product under its trade description on the
                                                                  representative market situated in the production areas
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     where prices are lowest, for products of varieties repre­
 1035/72 ( ! ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­             senting a considerable proportion of the production
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last              marketed for part of the year or throughout the whole
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in               year and satisfying given requirements as to pack­
 particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                            aging ; whereas for each representative market the
                                                                  average of the prices must be established disregarding
                                                                  prices which appear excessively high or low as
 Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No           compared with normal fluctuations on the market ;
 1035/72, provides 'that reference prices for the whole
 Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­            Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­
 ning of the marketing year ;                                     tries are directly comparable, as regards their value in
                                                                  trade, with Community products, and whereas for the
                                                                  other varieties and hybrids the conversion factors
Whereas the importance of mandarin production in                  should be determined according to their respective
 the Community is such that a reference price must be             trade values and applied, in calculating the entry
 fixed for that product, operative also for satsumas,             price, to the prices of such products imported from
 Clementines, tangerines and other similar citrus fruits ;        third countries ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ested during a given crop year are marketed extends              ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 from November to the following March ; whereas the
 quantity put on the market during March represents
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 28                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 February of the following year ;
Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 1
 1035/72 provides that reference prices for mandarins,
satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other similar
hybrids are to be based on the arithmetic mean of                 1.    For the 1974/75 marketing year, the reference
producer prices in each Member State, average fluctua­            price for fresh mandarins, satsumas, Clementines,
tions in basic prices and purchasing prices in each               tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits of
Member State also being taken into account ;                      subheading ex 08.02 B of the Common Customs
                                                                  Tariff, expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of
                                                                  packed products of Quality Class 1 of all sizes, shall
Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for          from 1 November to 28 February be 19-74.
the whole marketing year appears to be the solution
(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                           2.    In calculating the entry price, the prices for
 2 OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 .                          products other than mandarins, imported from third
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countries, shall, after deduction of customs duties, be                              Article 2
adjusted by a conversion factor of
— 0-75 for Clementines (excluding monreales),                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— 1-00 for monreales, satsumas, tangerines and other         following its publication in the Official Journal of
     similar hybrid citrus fruits.                            the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 26 November 1974 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI