31977R2592
No L 301 /20 25 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2592/77 of 24 November 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 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 2511 /69 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation Economic Community, (EEC) No 1034/77 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas for the 1977/78 marketing year the financial 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization compensation provided for by Regulation (EEC) No of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last 2511 /69 has been increased, by comparison with the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to particular Article 27 ( I ) thereof, that applied to the basic and buying-in prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1977/78 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 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 market in the product in question ; 1 . For the 1977/78 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 kilograms net of packed products of Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids 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 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 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 .
25 . 11 . 77 No L 301 / 21 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, 24 November 1977. For the Commission
Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President