31975R2974

No L 295/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 11 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 2974/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 November 1975 applying Class III to certain citrus fruits for the 1975/76 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tions in production from one marketing year to COMMUNITIES, anther, 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 the 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, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (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 948/75 is products ; amended by the addition of the following : 'Oranges : from 1 October 1975 to 30 June 1976. Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines, tangerines 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, Class III is to and other hybrids : be applied only if products falling within this class are needed to meet consumer demand ; whereas this from 1 November 1975 to 31 March 1976 .' condition, which has already been recognized as fulfilled for lemons by Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 948/75 (4) of 11 April 1975 applying quality Classes 'III' to certain fruit for the 1975/76 marketing This Regulation shall enter into force on the day year, has also been fulfilled for citrus fruits other than following its publication in the Official Journal of lemons ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluctua­ 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

(') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10. 1975, p. 3 . (3) OJ No L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1975, p. 13 .