31973R3232

30 . 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 330 / 33

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3232/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 November 1973 fixing the reference prices for mandarins , satsumas , Clementines , tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits by the 1973 / 74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN representative market or markets situated in the COMMUNITIES , production areas where prices are lowest, for products or varieties representing a considerable proportion of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the production marketed for part of the year or Economic Community ; throughout the whole year and satisfying given requirements as to packaging ; whereas for each repre­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No sentative market the average of the prices must be esta­ 1 035/ 7 2 ( 1 ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ blished disregarding prices which appear excessively tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last high or low as compared with normal fluctuations on that market ; amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2745 / 72 (-'), and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­ Whereas , under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No tries are directly comparable , as regards their value in 1035/ 72, reference prices for the whole Community trade , with Community products and whereas for the other varieties and hybrids the conversion factor are to be fixed each year before the beginning of the marketing year ; should be determined according to their respective trade values and applied , in calculating the entry price , to the prices of such products imported from Whereas the importance of mandarin production in third countries . the Community is such that a reference price must be fixed for that product, operative also for satsumas, Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Clementines , tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits ; Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman , Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­ ested during a given crop year are marketed extends from November to the following March ; whereas the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : quantity put on the market during March represents only a small percentage of that marketed over the whole marketing year ; whereas that month should Artie c 1 therefore be disregarded and the reference price fixed for the period running from 1 November to 28 February of the following year ; 1 . For the 1973 / 74 marketing year, the reference price for fresh mandarins , satsumas , Clementines , tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No (subheading ex 08.02 B of the Common Customs 1035/72 provides that reference prices for mandarins , Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other similar packed products of Quality Class 1 of all sizes , shall hybrids are to be based on the arithmetic mean of from 1 November to 28 February be 18-8 . producer prices in each Member State , average fluctua­ tions in basic prices and purchasing prices in each 2 . In calculating the entry price , the prices for Member State, average fluctuations in basic prices and products other than mandarins , imported from third purchasing prices also being taken into account ; countries , shall after deduction of customs duties , be adjusted by a conversion factor of Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for the whole marketing year appears to be the solution — 0-75 for Clementines ( excluding monreales), most suited to the particular nature of the Community market in the product in question ; — 1-00 for monreales, satsumas , tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits . Whereas the producer prices correspond to the average of the prices recorded during the three years Art idc 2 prior to the date of fixing the reference price for an indigenous product under its trade description on the Thiy Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 29 November 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI