CELEX: 31975R2973
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2973/75 of the Commission of 12 November 1975 fixing for the 1975/76 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges

No L 295/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            14. 11 . 75
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 2973/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 12 November 1975
               fixing for the 1975/76 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     251 1 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down special
COMMUNITIES,                                                       measures for improving the production^ and marketing
                                                                   of Community citrus fruit, as last amended by Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              tion (EEC) No 2481 /75 (4) ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas for the 1975/76 marketing year the financial
                                                                   compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
1035/72 0 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                   preceding marketing year, by a percentage exceeding
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                that by which the basic and buying-in prices have
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in                 been increased ; whereas the reference prices for the
particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ;                              1975/76 marketing year should therefore be main­
                                                                   tained at the levels fixed for the previous year.
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole              Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices
Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­              the varieties imported from third countries of which
ning of the marketing year ;                                       the entry prices are respectively to be compared with
                                                                   the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must be speci­
Whereas the importance of sweet orange production                  fied ; whereas, moreover, certain varieties imported
in the Community is such that a reference price must               from third countries are not directly comparable, as
be fixed for that product ;                                        regards their commercial value, with the Community
                                                                  variety groups ; whereas provision should therefore be
                                                                   made to fix, by reference to their respective commer­
Whereas the period during which oranges harvested
during a given crop year are marketed extends from                 cial values, conversion factors to be applied for the
October to the following June ; whereas the quantity               purpose of calculating the entry price to the prices for
put on the market during October and November and                  these varieties imported from third countries so as to
                                                                   make them comparable with the Community variety
during the following May and June represents only a
                                                                  groups ;
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                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
December to 30 April 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 1975/76 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 kg net and applicable to Class I
for sweet oranges are, beginning with the 1975/76                  products of all sizes, packed, shall be as follows :
marketing year, to be fixed at a level equal to that of
the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by              Group I : from 1 December to 31 March : 18-90,
a percentage not exceeding the difference between the              Group II : from 1 January to 30 April : 16-28 ,
percentages representing respectively the variation                Group III : from 1 December to 30 April : 9-03 .
compared with the preceding marketing year in basic
and buying-in prices and in the financial compensa­                2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1
 tion provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No                  consist of the following varieties :
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 .                            (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969 , p. 1
(2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p . 3 .                            (4) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 1 .
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Group I : Moro and Tarocco,                                       — for the period 1 January to 30 April, with the
Group II : Sanguinello,                                                price fixed for Group II.
Group III : Biondo comune.
                                                              4. In calculating the entry prices as referred to in
3.     The entry prices of imported products shall be         paragraph 3, the prices for products imported from
compared :                                                    third countries shall, after deduction of customs
(a) in the case of the Moro and Tarocco varieties, with       duties, be adjusted as follows :
     the price fixed for Group I ;
                                                              — in the case of products as specified in paragraph 3
(b) in the case of the varieties Biondo comune (Blanca            (b), by the conversion factor 0-76,
     comuna, Blonde commune) Grano de Oro (Impe­              — in the case of products to which the first indent of
     rial, Sucrena), Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple,
                                                                  paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor
     Blood oval (Doblefina, Double fine), Portuguese              1-20 ,
     Blood, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina), the Surinam
     varieties and the Ordinary Blood variety with the        — in the case to which the second indent of para­
     exception of Navel Blood (Double fine improved,              graph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor 100.
     Washington Blood, Large Blood) and Maltese
     Blood, with the price fixed for Group III ;
                                                                                       Article 2
(c) in the case of varieties met 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,                                            1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 12 November 1975.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission