31972R2431

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23.11.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 264/9

REGULATION (EEC) No 2431/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 21 November 1972 fixing basic and buying-in prices for mandarins for the period extending from 16 November 1972 to 28 February 1973

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­ buying-in prices fixed for each one of these TIES, periods ; Whereas when the basic price is being deter­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the mined the surplus production areas which European Economic Community; must be taken into account pursuant to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are: No 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common — in November: the Italian production area of organisation of the market in fruit and vege­ the Province of Palermo ; tables, and in particular Article 16 ( 1) thereof; — in December, » Having regard to the proposal from the January and Commission ; February: the Italian production areas of the Provinces of Palermo and Whereas the marketing of the mandarins Syracuse ; harvested in a given crop year covers the period from November to March of the following year; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas , pursuant to Article 16 ( 1 ) second subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, ' the slack marketing periods at the beginning Article 1 and end of the crop year should be excluded; whereas the quantities marketed in the first 1 . For the period from 16 November 1972 to fifteen days of November and in the month February 1973 the basic and buying-in prices of March of the following year represent only for mandarins, expressed in units of account a small percentage of the tonnage marketed per 100 kg net weight, shall be as follows: over the whole crop year; whereas , therefore, these periods should not be taken into account Basic Price Buying-in pfice in determining the duration of the marketing November year, which should thus be the period from 16 November to 28 February of the following (from 16th to 30th) 18-4 12-1 year ; December 18-1 11-7 Whereas Class I mandarins are sufficiently January 17-7 10-7 representative for the whole of the marketing February 15-7 10-0 year; whereas that class should therefore be selected for the purposes of applying the 2 . The prices set .out in paragraph 1 shall intervention system; apply to Class I mandarins of the 54/64 mm size-grade put up in packages. Whereas, in order that the seasonal fluctuations in the prices of mandarins should be taken into account, the marketing year should be sub­ Article 2 divided into a number of periods with basic and The prices set out in Article 1 ( 1) shall not include the cost of the packages in which the OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p. 1 . produce is put up .

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Where all or part of the cost of the packaging shall relate to quotations which do not include in which the produce is put up is included in the cost of the packaging. quotations for a product recorded on represen­ tative markets in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 , such quotations shall be reduced by the cost Article 4 of the packaging included therein .

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Article 3 following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. The information to be communicated pursuant to Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 21 November 1972./ For the Council The President P. LARDINOIS