CELEX: 31970R0344
Language: en
Date: 1970-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 344/70 of the Commission of 25 February 1970 extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 193/70 to other varieties of oranges

124                                   Official Journal of the European Communities
       t
27.2.70                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 46 / 1
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 344/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 25 February 1970
                extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 193/70 to other varieties of oranges
THE     COMMISSION        OF    THE - EUROPEAN       COM­        193/70 should be extended to oranges of that variety
MUNITIES,                                                        for a limited period ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     Whereas the measures provided for in this" Regulation
European Economic Community;                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                 Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
158/66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 on applying the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
common quality standards to fruit and vegetables
marketed within the Community, as last amended by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2516/692 of 9                                                Article 1
December 1969, arid in particular Article 5 (2)
thereof;                                                         The following paragraph shall be added to Article 2
                                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 193/70 :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         ' Oranges of the Biondo comune variety, of the
2511/693 of 9 December 1969 laying down special                      "Extra" Class and Class I, may also be the
measures to improve the production and marketing                     subject of contracts for the 1969/70 marketing
of Community citrus fruit, and in particular Articles                year.'
7 and 8 (2) thereof;
Whereas Commission Regulation No 193 /704 of 2                                           Article 2
February 1970 on special measures to promote the
marketing of oranges and mandarins in the                        The following Article shall be added to Regulation
Community is concerned with oranges of varieties                  (EEC) No 193/70 :
other than the Biondo comune variety ;
                                                                     'Article 3 a
Whereas oranges of the last-mentioned variety may
benefit from the medium-term measures adopted in                     Contracts involving oranges of the Biondo
Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 as well as from the                     comune variety, must be concluded no later than
                                                                     31 March 1970 and fulfil the conditions laid
special measures to encourage the processing of
certain varieties of oranges as laid down in                         down in Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) second indent, (c)
Regulation (EEC) No 2601/695 ;                                        second indent and paragraph 2.
                                                                     The provisions of Article 3 (3 ) shall apply to
Whereas the effects of the measures referred to will                 contracts concluded by buyers established in
only become apparent after a certain period of time ;                 Luxembourg.'
whereas to avoid any serious risk during this period
to the marketing of oranges of the Biondo comune
variety, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 3
                                                                  The following shall be substituted for Article 7 of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1973/70 :
1 OJ No   192, 27.10.1966, p. 3282/66.
2 OJ No   L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 14.                                   'The amount of the financial compensation
3 OJ No   L 318 , 18.12.1969, p . 1 .                                 referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
4 OJ No   L 26, 3.2.1970, p. 6.                                       2511/69, expressed in units of account per 100
5 OJ No   L 324, 27.12.1969 , p. 21 .                                 kilogrammes net, shall be fixed :
 ---pagebreak---                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                125
— in respect of oranges of the Biondo comune                                  Article 4
  variety, at 3 units of account per 100
  kilogrammes net;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                        its publication in the Official Journal- of the
— in respect of other products at the levels            European Communities.
  shown in Annex II.'
        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States.
        Done at Brussels, 25 February 1970.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          The Vice-President
                                                                           L. LEVI SANDRY