31973R3172

23 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 322/33

REGULATION (EEC) No 3172/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 November 1973 applying Class III to certain citrus fruits for the 1973/74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN able fluctuations in production from one marketing COMMUNITIES, year to another, Class III should be applicable for a limited period only ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 1035/72 ( !) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, at last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 (3) Article 1 of 19 February 1971 fixing the common quality stand­ ards for citrus fruits defines a Class III for these The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1020/73 shall be products ; supplemented as follows : 'Oranges : from 1 October 1973 to 30 June 1974, Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, Class III is Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines, tangerines applied only if products falling within this class are and other citrus hybrids : from 1 November 1973 needed to meet consumer demand ; whereas this to 31 March 1974.' condition, which has already been recognized as fulfilled for lemons by Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 1020/73 (4) of 16 April 1973 applying additional quality classes to certain fruit for the 1973/74 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day marketing year, has also been fulfilled for citrus fruits following its publication in the Official Journal of other than lemons : whereas, in view of the consider­ the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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