31975R2971

No L 295/ 14 14 . 11 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2971 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 November 1975 fixing for the 1975/76 marketing year the reference price for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN prices and in the financial compensation provided for COMMUNITIES, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 251 1 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Commu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European nity citrus fruit, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Economic Community ; No 2481 /75 (4) ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas for the 1975/76 marketing year the financial 1 035/72 ( J) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last 2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in preceding marketing year, by a percentage exceeding particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; that by which the basic and buying-in prices have been increased ; whereas the reference prices for the Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/76 marketing year should therefore be main­ 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole tained at the levels fixed for the previous year ; Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­ ning of the marketing year ; Whereas only mandarins imported from third coun­ tries are directly comparable, as regards their commer­ Whereas the importance of mandarin production in cial value, with Community products ; whereas for the the Community is such that a reference price must be other varieties and hybrids conversion factors should fixed for that product, such price to be operative also be determined according to their respective commer­ for tangerines, satsumas, Clementines, Wilkings and cial values and applied, in calculating the entry price, other similar citrus hybrids ; to the prices of such products imported from third countries ; Whereas the period during which mandarins harv­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ested during a given crop year are marketed extends are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ from November to the following March ; whereas the ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 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 29 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : February of the following year ;

Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for Article 1 the whole marketing year appears to be the solution most suited to the particular nature of the Community 1 . For the 1975/76 marketing year, the reference market in the product in question ; price for fresh mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23 citrus hybrids of subheading ex 08.02 B of the (2), of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of packed products of Quality for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids Class I of all sizes, shall for the period 1 November to are , beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be 29 February, be 19-74 . fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not 2. In calculating the entry price, the prices for exceeding the difference between the percentages products imported from third countries other than representing respectively the variation compared with mandarins shall , after deduction of customs duties, be the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in adjusted by a conversion factor of :

(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p . 3 . (4 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 1 .

14. 11 . 75 No L 295/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

— 0-75 for Clementines (excluding monreales), Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day — 1-00 for monreales, tangerines, satsumas, Wilkings following its publication in the Official Journal of and other similar citrus hybrids. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1975 .

For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission