CELEX: 31977R2592
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2592/77 of 24 November 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 marketing year the reference price for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids

No L 301 /20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             25 . 11 . 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2592/77
                                                   of 24 November 1977
              fixing for the 1977/78 marketing year the reference price for mandarins
              (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
                                                        citrus hybrids
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    prices and in the financial compensation provided for
COMMUNITIES,                                                      by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9
                                                                  December 1969 laying down special measures for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             improving the production and marketing of Commu­
Economic Community,                                               nity citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1034/77 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  Whereas for the 1977/78 marketing year the financial
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
                                                                  compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last
                                                                  2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in
                                                                  preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
particular Article 27 ( I ) thereof,
                                                                  that applied to the basic and buying-in prices ;
                                                                  whereas the reference prices for the 1977/78
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole             levels fixed for the previous year ;
Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­
ning of the marketing year ;                                      Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­
                                                                  tries are directly comparable, as regards their commer­
Whereas the importance of mandarin production in                  cial value, with Community products ; whereas for the
the Community is such that a reference price must be              other varieties and hybrids, conversion factors should
fixed for that product, such price to be operative also           be determined according to their respective commer­
for tangerines, satsumas, Clementines, Wilkings and               cial values and applied, in calculating the entry price,
other similar citrus hybrids ;                                    to the prices of such products imported from third
                                                                  countries ;
Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­
ested during a given crop year are marketed extends               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
from November to the following March ; whereas the                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
quantity put on the market during March represents                ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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 the fixing of a single reference price valid for                                   Article 1
the whole marketing year appears to be the solution
most suited to the particular nature of the Community
market in the product in question ;                                1 . For the 1977/78 marketing year, the reference
                                                                  price for fresh mandarins (including tangerines and
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23              satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
                                                                  citrus hybrids of subheading ex 08.02 B of the
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices
for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of
Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids            account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of
                                                                  Quality Class I of all sizes, shall, for the period 1
are, beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be
                                                                  November to 28 February, be 19-74.
fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing
year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not
exceeding the difference between the percentages                  2. In calculating the entry price, the prices for
representing respectively the variation compared with             products, imported from third countries, other than
the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in               mandarins shall, after deduction of customs duties, be
                                                                  adjusted by a conversion factor of :
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 .                             P) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 .
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    0*75 for Clementines (excluding monreales),                                    Article 2
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    1-00 for monreales, tangerines, satsumas, Wilkings      following its publication in the Official Journal of
    and other similar citrus hybrids.                       the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 24 November 1977.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President