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REGULATION (EEC) No 344/70 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 February 1970 extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 193/70 to other varieties of oranges

THE COMMISSION OF THE - EUROPEAN COM­ 193 /70 should be extended to oranges of that variety MUNITIES, for a limited period ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas the measures provided for in this" Regulation European Economic Community ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 158/66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 on applying the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : common quality standards to fruit and vegetables marketed within the Community, as last amended by Article 1 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2516/692 of 9 December 1969, arid in particular Article 5 (2) thereof ; The following paragraph shall be added to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 193/70 : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ' Oranges of the Biondo comune variety, of the 2511/693 of 9 December 1969 laying down special "Extra" Class and Class I, may also be the measures to improve the production and marketing subject of contracts for the 1969/70 marketing of Community citrus fruit, and in particular Articles year.' 7 and 8 (2) thereof;

Article 2 Whereas Commission Regulation No 193 /704 of 2 February 1970 on special measures to promote the marketing of oranges and mandarins in the The following Article shall be added to Regulation Community is concerned with oranges of varieties (EEC) No 193/70 : other than the Biondo comune variety ; 'Article 3 a Whereas oranges of the last-mentioned variety may Contracts involving oranges of the Biondo benefit from the medium-term measures adopted in comune variety, must be concluded no later than Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 as well as from the 31 March 1970 and fulfil the conditions laid special measures to encourage the processing of down in Article 3 ( 1 ) ( b) second indent, ( c) certain varieties of oranges as laid down in second indent and paragraph 2. Regulation (EEC) No 2601/695 ; The provisions of Article 3 (3 ) shall apply to Whereas the effects of the measures referred to will contracts concluded by buyers established in only become apparent after a certain period of time ; Luxembourg.' whereas to avoid any serious risk during this period to the marketing of oranges of the Biondo comune Article 3 variety, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No

The following shall be substituted for Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1973/70 : 1 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3282/66 . 2 OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 14. 'The amount of the financial compensation 3 OJ No L 318 , 18.12.1969, p . 1 . referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4 O J No L 26, 3.2.1970, p . 6. 2511/69, expressed in units of account per 100 5 OJ No L 324, 27.12.1969 , p. 21 . kilogrammes net, shall be fixed :

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— in respect of oranges of the Biondo comune Article 4 variety, at 3 units of account per 100 kilogrammes net; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal- of the — in respect of other products at the levels European Communities . shown in Annex II .'

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1970 .

For the Commission The Vice-President

L. LEVI SANDRY