31973R0141

No L 18/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 1 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 141 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 January 1973 fixing, for the 1972/73 marketing year, the minimum purchase price for oranges delivered to industry and the amount of financial compensation for those oranges after processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided by the present Regu­ COMMUNITIES , lation are in conformity with the Advice of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2601 / 69 (*) of 18 December 1969 laying down special Article 1 measures to encourage the processing of certain varieties of oranges , and in particular Articles 2 (3 ) 1 . For the 1972/ 1973 marketing year, the mini­ and 3 (2 ) thereof, mum price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC ) No 2601/69 is fixed as follows : Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 / 69 provides that the minimum price which , under the — 5.5 units of account per 100 kg net for products contracts, must be paid by the processors to the in Class I, producers is calculated on the basis of the purchase — 4.4 units of account per 100 kg net for products price plus 10% of the basis price of the varieties in Class II, which, by reason of their commercial characteristics, — 3.8 units of account per 100 kg net for products are usually sent for processing ; whereas since the in Class III or mixed . products in question are oranges of the Biondo 2. This price refers to packed goods leaving pro­ comune variety, the minimum price should be fixed on the basis of the average purchase price operative ducers ' packing stations. for oranges of that variety in the current marketing Article 2 year under Regulation ( EEC) No 2430/72 (2) fixing the basic prices and the purchase prices for sweet The amount of the financial compensation referred oranges, and ( EEC) No 2539/72 (3) fixing the con­ to in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2601 /69 is fixed as follows ; version factors to be applied to the purchase price for sweet oranges, plus 10 °/o of the average basic — 2.6 units of account per 100 kg net for products price corresponding to that same period ; in Class I , — 1.5 units of account per 100 kg net for products Whereas , as regards, the calculation of the financial in Class II , compensation , it has proved necessary, in order to provide the maximum encouragement to the pro­ — 0.9 units of account per 100 kg net for products cessing of the products in question , to base it on in Class III or mixed . the difference between the minimum price paid to the Article 3 producer and 80 °/o of the average price prevailing in the industry in the principal producer Member This Regulation shall enter into force on the day State during the three marketing years 1969 /70, of its publication in the Official Journal of the 1970/ 71 , and 1971 /72 ; European Communities .

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

Done at Brussels , 19 January 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 324 , 27 . 12 . 1969, p . 21 . ( 2) O J No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972 , p . 7 . (3) OJ No L 272 , 5 . 12 . 1972 , p . 22 .