31974R3025

No L 321 / 68 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 11 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3025 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 November 1974 fixing for the 1974/75 marketing year the reference prices for sweet oranges

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ COMMUNITIES , fied requirements as to packaging ; whereas for each representative market the average of the prices must Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European be established disregarding prices which appear exces­ Economic Community ; sively high or low as compared with normal fluctua­ tions on that market ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/ 72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ Whereas for the purpose of calculating entry prices tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last the varieties imported from third countries of which amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/ 72 (2 ), and in the entry prices are respectively to be compared with particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ; the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III must be speci­ Whereas Article 23(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No fied ; whereas, moreover, certain varieties imported 1035/ 72 provides that reference prices for the whole from third countries are not directly comparable, as Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­ regards their commercial value with the Community variety groups ; whereas provision should therefore be ning of the marketing year ; made to fix, by reference to their respective commer­ Whereas the importance of sweet orange production cial values, conversion factors to be applied for the in the Community is such that a reference price must purpose of calculating the entry price to the prices for be fixed for that product ; these varieties imported from third countries so as to make them comparable with the Community variety Whereas the period during which oranges harvested groups ; during a given crop year are marketed extends from October to the following June ; whereas the quantity Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation put on the market during October and November and are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ during the following May and June represents only a ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables , small percentage of that marketed over the whole marketing year ; whereas the reference price should therefore be fixed only for a period running from 1 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : December to 30 April of the following year ;

Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 1035/72 provides that reference prices for oranges are to be based on the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State , average fluctuations in basic 1 . For the 1974/75 marketing year, the reference prices for fresh sweet oranges (subheading 08.02 A I prices and purchasing prices also being taken into account ; of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kg net and valid Class I products of Whereas , since the different varieties of sweet oranges all sizes , packed , shall be as follows : are not comparable as regards their commercial value , Group I : from 1 December to 31 March 18-90 , they should be classed in three groups ; Group II : from 1 January to 30 April 16-28 , Whereas the solution best suited to the particular Group III : from 1 December to 30 April 9-03 . nature of the Community market for the product in question is to fix for each group a single reference 2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 shall consist of the following varieties : price for the whole marketing year ; Group I : Moro and Tarocco , Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the Group II : Sanguinello , average of the prices recorded on the representative Group III : Biondo comune . market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest during the three years prior to 3 . The entry prices of imported products shall be the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a compared : home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ teristics being a product or variety representing a (a ) in the case of the Moro and Tarocco varieties , with substantial proportion of the production marketed the price fixed for Group I ;

(!) OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p. 1 . ( b ) in the case of the varieties Biondo comune ( Blanca \2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 . comuna , Blonde commune ) Grano de Oro ( Impe­

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rial , Sucrena), Baladi , Pera , Macetera, Pineapple , third countries shall , after deduction of customs Blood oval ( Doblefina , Double fine), Portuguese duties, be adjusted as follows : Blood, Sanguina redonda ( Entrefina) the Surinam — in the case of products as specified in paragraph 3 varieties and the Ordinary Blood variety with the (b), by the conversion factor 0-76 ; exception of Navel Blood ( Double fine improved , Washington Blood, Large Blood) and Maltese — in the case of products to which the first indent of Blood, with the price fixed for Group III ; paragraph 3 (c) applies, by the conversion factor 1 - 20 ; (c) in the case of varieties not specified in (a) or (b) : — in the case to which the second indent of para­ — for the month of December, with the price for graph 3 (c) applies , by the conversion factor 1-00 . Group I , — for the period 1 January to 30 April , with the A rticle 2 price fixed for Group II . 4 . In calculating the entry prices as referred to in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1974 . paragraph 3 , the prices for products imported from

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

Done at Brussels , 29 November 1974 .

For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI