CELEX: 31978R2656
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2656/78 of 13 November 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference price for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids

14. 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 320/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2656/78
                                                   of 13 November 1978
              fixing for the 1978/79 marketing year the reference price for mandarins
              (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
                                                        citrus hybrids
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     prices and in the financial compensation provided for
                                                                  by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             December 1969 laying down special measures for
 Economic Community,                                              improving the production and marketing of Commu­
                                                                  nity citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1 1 22/78 (4) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                Whereas for the 1978/79 marketing year the financial
of the market in fruit and vegetables ( J), as last               compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in                2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the
 particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof,                             preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to
                                                                  that applied to the basic and buying-in prices ;
Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   whereas the reference prices for the 1978/79
 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole             marketing year should therefore be maintained at the
Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­             levels fixed for the previous year ;
 ning of the marketing year ;
                                                                  Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­
Whereas the importance of mandarin production in                  tries are directly comparable, as regards their commer­
the Community is such that a reference price must be              cial value, with Community products ; whereas for the
fixed for that product, such price to be operative also           other varieties and hybrids, conversion factors should
for tangerines, satsumas, Clementines, Wilkings and               be determined according to their respective commer­
other similar citrus hybrids ;                                    cial values and applied, in calculating the entry price,
                                                                  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 October to 1 5 May of the following year ;                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
whereas the quantity put on the market during                     ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
October and from 1 March to 15 May of the following
year represents only a small percentage of that
marketed over the whole marketing year ; whereas the
reference price should therefore be fixed only for the            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
period running from 1 November to 28 February of
the following year ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for
the whole marketing year appears to be the solution                1.   For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference
most suited to the particular nature of the Community             price for fresh mandarins (including tangerines and
market in the product in question ;                               satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar
                                                                  citrus hybrids of subheading ex 08.02 B of the
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23              Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices              account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of
for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),                Quality Class I of all sizes, shall, for the period 1
Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids            November to 28 February, be 19-74.
are, beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be
fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing          2. In calculating the entry price, the prices for
year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not                   products imported from third countries, other than
exceeding the difference between the percentages                  mandarins, shall, after deduction of customs duties, be
representing respectively the variation compared with             adjusted by a conversion factor of :
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            (3) OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978 , p. 12.                            (4) OJ No L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 13.
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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, 13 November 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President