CELEX: 31972R2522
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2522/72 of the Commission of 30 November 1972 fixing the reference prices for oranges

Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7
1.12.72                         Official Journal of the European Communities                     No L 270/ 63
                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2522/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                              of 30 November 1972
                                     fixing the reference prices for oranges
THE    COMMISSION      OF THE EUROPEAN           COM­       Whereas under Article 23 (2) of Regulation
MUNITIES,                                                   (EEC) No 1035/72 the producer prices in each
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                Member State correspond to the average of
European Economic Community;
                                                            the prices recorded during the three years
                                                            prior to the date of fixing the reference price on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                   the representative market or markets situated
No 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common                    in the production areas where prices are
organisation of the market in fruit and vege­               lowest; whereas the prices on which calculations
tables, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      are based must, under Article 1 (1) of Regulation
No 2454/72,2 and in particular Article 27 (1 )              (EEC) No 1291/70, relate to Class I products,
thereof;                                                    of all sizes, packed, the packing costs being
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1) of Regulation          included in the price; whereas Article 23 (2) of
(EEC) No 1035/72 and to Article 1 (1) of                    Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 further provides
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/703 of                  that only prices recorded for products or
1 July 1970 laying down detailed rules for the              varieties representing a considerable proportion
application of that Article, reference prices for           of the production marketed for part of the
the whole Community are fixed each year                     year or throughout the whole year shall be used;
before the beginning of the marketing year;                 Whereas for each representative market the
Whereas the importance of sweet orange                      average of the prices must, in accordance with
production in the Community is such that a                  Article 23 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,
reference price must be fixed for that product;             be established disregarding prices which appear
Whereas for an indigenous product under its                 excessively high or low as compared with
trade description the reference price is equal to           normal fluctuations on that market;
the arithmetic mean of the producer prices in               Whereas, since the varieties of sweet oranges
each Member State, plus an amount, based on                 are not comparable as regards their value in
 marketing costs, to make the reference price               trade, they should be classed in three groups ;
and the price of imported products comparable
at the same marketing stage; whereas, under                 Whereas the solution best suited to the particular
Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291 /70,            nature of the Community market for the
the prices to be used in fixing those producer              product in question would be to fix for each
 prices must rek.te to the 'ex-producers' associa­           group a single reference price for the whole
 tion' or any other comparable marketing                     marketing year;
 stage; whereas, under the first subparagraph of
Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,               Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the
 the entry prices of imported products must be               entry prices, the varieties imported from third
 calculated on or adjusted to the 'import/                   countries of which the entry prices are respec­
 wholesale' stage; whereas these prices are                  tively to be compared with the prices fixed for
 thus directly comparable with the arithmetic                Groups I, II and III must be specified; whereas,
 mean of the producer prices and therefore do                moreover, certain varieties imported from third
 not need to be increased by the amount referred             countries are not directly comparable, as
 to above;                                                   regards their value in trade, with Community
                                                             groups of varieties; whereas, therefore, on the
 1  OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1 .                           basis of their respective trading values, conver­
 2  OJ No L 266, 25.11.1972, p . 1 .                         sion factors should be fixed and applied, in
 3  OJ No L 144, 2.7.1973, p. 10.                            calculating the entry price, to the prices for
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these varieties imported from third countries,                                   Article 2
so as to make them comparable with Com­
munity groups of varieties;                             1.       The entry prices of imported products
                                                        shall be compared :
Whereas the measures provided for in this               (a) with the price fixed for Group I, as regards
Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion               the Moro and Tarocco varieties ;
of the Management Committee for Fruit and
Vegetables;                                             (b) with the price fixed for Group III, as
                                                            regards Biondo comune (Blanca comuna,
                                                            Blonde commune), Grano de Cro (Imperial,
                                                            Sucrena), Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple,
                                                            Blood oval (Doblefina , Double fine), Portu­
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               guese Blood, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina),
                                                            the Surinam varieties and the Ordinary
                                                            Blood variety with the exception of Navel
                     Article 1                              Blood (Double fine improved, Washington
                                                            Blood, large Blood) and Maltese Blood;
                                                       (c) as regards varieties not listed under (a)
1.     The reference prices for fresh sweet                 and (b):
oranges (subheading 08.02 A I of the Common
Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account               (i) for the month of December, with the
per 100 kg net of each of the varieties of                        price for Group I;
Groups I, II and III for Class I products, of all            (ii) for the period from 1 January to 30 April,
sizes, packed, shall be:                                          with the price fixed for Group II.
Group I:     from 1 December to                        2.       In calculating the entry price referred to in
             31 March inclusive:              17-2     paragraph 1 , the prices for products imported
                                                       from third countries shall be adjusted:
Group II :   from 1 January to                         (i)    for products listed in paragraph 1 (b), by
             30 April inclusive:              14-8             the conversion factor 0-76;
Group III: from 1 December to                          (ii) for products to which the first indent of
             30 April inclusive:              8-2 .           paragraph 1 (c) applies, by the conversion
                                                              factor 1-20;
2.     The groups of varieties referred to in          (iii) for products to which the second indent of
paragraph 1 shall consist of the following                    paragraph 1 (c) applies, by the conversion
varieties :                                                   factor 1·00.
Group I:     Moro and Tarocco                                                   Article 3
Group II:    Sanguinello                               This Regulation shall enter into force on
                                                       1 December 1972. It shall apply until
Group III: Biondo comune.                              30 September 1973 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
            Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 30 November 1972.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                           S. L. MANSHOLT