Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 of the Council of 29 September 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables

REGULATION (EEC) No 2482/75 OF THE COUNCIL  of 29 September 1975  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Whereas Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (2) of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (3), lays down criteria for fixing reference prices ; whereas, as regards oranges, mandarins and clementines, the annual financial compensation provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (4) of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2481/75 (5), makes it possible to maintain a more exact relationship between the price of Community products and that of imported products ; whereas, under such conditions, the aim of the price may be reached by limiting, where necessary, the variation in the reference prices at a percentage not exceeding the difference between the percentage used for the variation in basic and buying-in prices and that used for the variation in financial compensation;
Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that transport costs for oranges, mandarins, satsumas, clementines, tangerines and other similar citrus hybrids are not to be taken into account when calculating the reference price, because of the special measures taken to guarantee the disposal of certain of these products produced in the Community ; whereas, since similar measures were taken in respect of lemons for a part of the 1975/76 marketing year, transport costs for that period should not be taken into account when calculating the reference price for that product;
Whereas Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 lays down the conditions under which a countervailing charge may be introduced to obviate disturbances on the Community market caused by offers from third countries at abnormal prices ; whereas experience has shown that alternation of entry prices above and below the reference price causes disturbances which cannot be remedied by applying Article 25 ; whereas, therefore, appropriate measures should be taken,