31976R2756

13 . 11 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 312/39

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2756/76 of 11 November 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference price for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the preceding marketing year in basic and buying-in COMMUNITIES, prices and in the financial compensation provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European improving the production and marketing of Commu­ Economic Community, nity citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 793/76 (4) ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas for the 1976/77 marketing year the financial of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in 2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to that used for increases in the basic and buying-in prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1976/77 Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No marketing year should therefore be maintained at the 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole 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 ested during a given crop year are marketed extends Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation from November to the following March ; whereas the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ quantity put on the market during March represents ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 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 February of the following year ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 market in the product in question ; 1 . For the 1976/77 marketing year, the reference 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 for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), account per 100 kilogrammes net of packed products Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids of Quality Class I of all sizes, shall for the period 1 are, beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be November to 28 February, be 19-74. fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not exceeding the difference between the percentages 2. In calculating the entry price, the prices for representing respectively the variation compared with products imported from third countries other than

(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (<) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 1 .

No L 312/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 11 . 76

mandarins 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 — 100 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, 11 November 1976 . „ For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission