CELEX: 31974R3025
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3025/74 of the Commission of 29 November 1974 fixing for the 1974/75 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges

No L 321 / 68                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            30 . 11 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3025 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 29 November 1974
               fixing for the 1974/75 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        fied requirements as to packaging ; whereas for each
                                                                    representative market the average of the prices must
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               be established disregarding prices which appear exces­
Economic Community ;                                                sively high or low as compared with normal fluctua­
                                                                    tions on that market ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                  Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                 the varieties imported from third countries of which
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                  the entry prices are respectively to be compared with
particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ;                                 the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must be speci­
Whereas Article 23(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       fied ; whereas, moreover, certain varieties imported
1035/ 72 provides that reference prices for the whole               from third countries are not directly comparable, as
Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­               regards their commercial value with the Community
ning of the marketing year ;                                        variety groups ; whereas provision should therefore be
                                                                    made to fix, by reference to their respective commer­
Whereas the importance of sweet orange production                   cial values, conversion factors to be applied for the
in the Community is such that a reference price must                purpose of calculating the entry price to the prices for
be fixed for that product ;                                         these varieties imported from third countries so as to
                                                                    make them comparable with the Community variety
Whereas the period during which oranges harvested                   groups ;
during a given crop year are marketed extends from
October to the following June ; whereas the quantity                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
put on the market during October and November and                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
during the following May and June represents only a                 ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
small percentage of that marketed over the whole
marketing year ; whereas the reference price should
therefore be fixed only for a period running from 1
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
December to 30 April of the following year ;
Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                             Article 1
 1035/72 provides that reference prices for oranges are
to be based on the arithmetic mean of producer prices
in each Member State, average fluctuations in basic                  1.    For the 1974/75 marketing year, the reference
prices and purchasing prices also being taken into                  prices for fresh sweet oranges (subheading 08.02 A I
account ;                                                           of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of
                                                                    account per 100 kg net and valid Class I products of
Whereas, since the different varieties of sweet oranges             all sizes, packed , shall be as follows :
are not comparable as regards their commercial value,
                                                                    Group I : from 1 December to 31 March 18-90 ,
 they should be classed in three groups ;
                                                                    Group II : from 1 January to 30 April 16-28 ,
Whereas the solution best suited to the particular                  Group III : from 1 December to 30 April 9-03 .
 nature of the Community market for the product in
 question is to fix for each group a single reference               2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1
 price for the whole marketing year ;                               shall consist of the following varieties :
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the                    Group I : Moro and Tarocco,
 average of the prices recorded on the representative                Group II : Sanguinello,
 market or markets situated in the production areas                  Group III : Biondo comune .
 where prices are lowest during the three years prior to
 the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a              3.    The entry prices of imported products shall be
 home-grown product with defined commercial charac­                  compared :
 teristics being a product or variety representing a                (a ) in the case of the Moro and Tarocco varieties, with
 substantial proportion of the production marketed                       the price fixed for Group I ;
 (!) OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p. 1 .                           (b) in the case of the varieties Biondo comune ( Blanca
 \2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.                                comuna , Blonde commune) Grano de Oro ( Impe­
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     rial , Sucrena), Baladi , Pera, Macetera, Pineapple,       third    countries shall , after deduction  of customs
     Blood oval (Doblefina, Double fine), Portuguese            duties, be adjusted as follows :
     Blood, Sanguina redonda ( Entrefina) the Surinam
     varieties and the Ordinary Blood variety with the          — in the case of products as specified in paragraph 3
     exception of Navel Blood ( Double fine improved,               (b), by the conversion factor 0-76 ;
     Washington Blood, Large Blood) and Maltese                 — in the case of products to which the first indent of
     Blood, with the price fixed for Group III ;                    paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
                                                                    1 - 20 ;
(c) in the case of varieties not specified in (a) or (b) :
                                                                — in the case to which the second indent of para­
     — for the month of December, with the price for
                                                                    graph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor 1-00 .
           Group I ,
     — for the period 1 January to 30 April , with the
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           price fixed for Group II .
4.     In calculating the entry prices as referred to in        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
paragraph 3 , the prices for products imported from              1974 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 29 November 1974 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI