31991R2905

No L 276/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 10 . 91

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2905/91 of 2 October 1991 fixing for the 1991/92 marketing year the reference price for Clementines

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — the amount referred to in paragraph 2 (a) of that Article, — the standard rate of transport costs in the current Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European marketing year ; Economic Community,

Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 State, with regard to Article 23, of the amount referred to of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by in paragraph 2 (a), plus transport costs for the current Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 (2), and in particular Article year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in 27 (1 ) thereof, production costs less productivity growth ; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year ; Whereas Article 23 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that reference prices for the whole Community Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average are to be fixed each year before the beginning of the of the prices recorded on the representative market or marketing year ; markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product Whereas the importance of Clementine production in the with defined commercial characteristics, being a product Community is such that a reference price must be fixed or variety representing a substantial proportion of the for that product ; production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying specified requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices Whereas the period during which Clementines harvested which could be considered excessively high or excessively during a given crop year are marketed extends from low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that October to 1 5 May of the following year ; whereas the market are to be disregarded ; quantities put on the market at the beginning and at the end of the marketing year represent only a relatively small percentage of that marketed over the whole marketing Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are year ; whereas the reference price should therefore be in accordance with the Management Committee for Fruit fixed only for the period running from 1 December to the and Vegetables, last day of February of the following year ;

Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for the whole marketing year appears to be the solution most HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : suited to the particular nature of the Community market in the product in question ;

Article 1 Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, For the 1991 /92 marketing year, the reference price for adjusted, after deducting the amount referred to in para­ fresh Clementines (CN code 0805 20 10) expressed in ecus graph 2 (a) of that Article and the standard cost of trans­ per 100 kilograms net of packed products of quality class porting Community products between production areas I, of all sizes, shall, for the period 1 December 1991 to 29 and Community consumption centres in the preceding February 1992, be : 59,57. year, by :

— the increase in production costs for fruit and veg­ Article 2 etables, less productivity growth, and

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December (2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 8 . 1991 .

3 . 10 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 276/21

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

Done at Brussels, 2 October 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission