31974R2975

No L 317/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 11 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2975 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 November 1974 fixing the reference price for mandarins, satsumas, Clementines , tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits for the 1974/75 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN most suited to the particular nature of the Community COMMUNITIES , market in the product in question ;

Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European average of the prices recorded during the three years Economic Community ; prior to the date of fixing the reference price for an indigenous product under its trade description on the representative market situated in the production areas Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No where prices are lowest, for products of varieties repre­ 1035/72 ( ! ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ senting a considerable proportion of the production tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last marketed for part of the year or throughout the whole amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in year and satisfying given requirements as to pack­ particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; aging ; whereas for each representative market the average of the prices must be established disregarding prices which appear excessively high or low as compared with normal fluctuations on the market ; Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, provides 'that reference prices for the whole Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­ Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­ ning of the marketing year ; tries are directly comparable , as regards their value in trade , with Community products , and whereas for the other varieties and hybrids the conversion factors Whereas the importance of mandarin production in should be determined according to their respective the Community is such that a reference price must be trade values and applied, in calculating the entry fixed for that product, operative also for satsumas, price, to the prices of such products imported from Clementines, tangerines and other similar citrus fruits ; third countries ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ested during a given crop year are marketed extends ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, from November to the following March ; whereas the quantity put on the market during March represents only a small percentage of that marketed over the whole marketing year ; whereas that month should therefore be disregarded and the reference price fixed for the period running from 1 November to 28 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : February of the following year ;

Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 1035/72 provides that reference prices for mandarins, satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other similar hybrids are to be based on the arithmetic mean of 1 . For the 1974/75 marketing year, the reference producer prices in each Member State, average fluctua­ price for fresh mandarins, satsumas, Clementines, tions in basic prices and purchasing prices in each tangerines and other similar hybrid citrus fruits of Member State also being taken into account ; subheading ex 08.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of packed products of Quality Class 1 of all sizes, shall Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for from 1 November to 28 February be 19-74. the whole marketing year appears to be the solution

(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . 2 . In calculating the entry price, the prices for 2 OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 . products other than mandarins, imported from third

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countries, shall, after deduction of customs duties, be Article 2 adjusted by a conversion factor of

— 0-75 for Clementines (excluding monreales), This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day — 1-00 for monreales, satsumas, tangerines and other following its publication in the Official Journal of similar hybrid citrus fruits. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 26 November 1974 .

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI