31972R2333

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7.11.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 251 /9

REGULATION (EEC) No 2333/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 November 1972 applying Class III to certain citrus fruits for the 1972/73 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas the measures provided for in this MUNITIES , Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Vegetables; European Economic Community; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vege­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tables , and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of 19 February 1971 fixing the common Article 1 quality standards for citrus fruits2 defines a Class III for these products; The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 942/72 shall be supplemented as follows: Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, ' Oranges : from 1 October 1972 to Class III is applied only if products falling 30 June 1973 , within this class are needed to meet consumer demand; whereas this condition, which has Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines , tan­ 1 gerines and other citrus hybrids : from already been recognised as fulfilled for lemons 1 November 1972 to 31 March 1973 .' by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 942/723 of 5 May 1972 applying additional quality classes to certain fruit for the 1972/73 market­ Article 2 ing year, has also been fulfilled for citrus fruits other than lemons ; whereas , in view of the considerable fluctuations in production from This Regulation shall enter into force on the one marketing year to another, Class III should day following its publication in the Official be applicable for a limited period only; Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 1972. For the Commission The President S. L. MANSHOLT

1 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 45, 24.2.1971 , p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 107, 6.5.1972, p. 12.