31978R2656

14. 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 320/ 7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2656/78 of 13 November 1978 fixing for the 1978/79 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 1 1 22/78 (4) ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas for the 1978/79 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 1766/78 (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 applied to the basic and buying-in prices ; Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No whereas the reference prices for the 1978/79 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole marketing year should therefore be maintained at the Community are to be fixed each year before the begin­ levels fixed for the previous year ; 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 October to 1 5 May of the following year ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ whereas the quantity put on the market during ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, October and from 1 March to 15 May of the following year represents only a small percentage of that marketed over the whole marketing year ; whereas the reference price should therefore be fixed only for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : period running from 1 November to 28 February of the following year ;

Article 1 Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for the whole marketing year appears to be the solution 1 . For the 1978/79 marketing year, the reference most suited to the particular nature of the Community price for fresh mandarins (including tangerines and market in the product in question ; satsumas), Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids of subheading ex 08.02 B of the Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 23 Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of for mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), Quality Class I of all sizes, shall, for the period 1 Clementines, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids November to 28 February, be 19-74. are, beginning with the 1975/76 marketing year, to be fixed at a level equal to that of the previous marketing 2. In calculating the entry price, the prices for year, adjusted as necessary by a percentage not products imported from third countries, other than exceeding the difference between the percentages mandarins, shall, after deduction of customs duties, be representing respectively the variation compared with adjusted by a conversion factor of :

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978 , p. 12. (4) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5. 1978, p. 13 .

No L 320/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14 . 11 . 78

— 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, 13 November 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President