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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 276/88

of 29 January 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 223/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 223/88 includes satsumas and clementines in the list of products to which the price and intervention arrangements set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are applicable; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 (3) which fixed the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for products with different commercial characteristics from those used for setting the basic price, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1997/87 (4), should therefore be amended;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1730/87 of 22 June 1987 laying down quality standards for table grapes (5) defines in particular a quality class II and minimum sizings for Extra, I, II and III quality classes respectively; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 should therefore be adjusted in the light of those new definitions;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, 'mandarins and oranges be as shown in Annexes I to XI to this Regulation' is replaced by 'mandarins, satsumas, clementines and oranges be as shown in Annexes I to XIII to this Regulation'.

2. In the second subparagraph of Article 2, 'in Annex XII' is replaced by 'in Annex XIV'.

3. In Annex VIII:

- in paragraph (b) (quality class), first indent, 'I' is replaced by 'II',

- in paragraph (c) (sizing):

1. Hothouse grapes:

- the first and second indents shall read:

- '150 g or more',

- 'less than 150 g (but not less than 75 g, quality class III)',

respectively;

2. Grapes grown in the open:

- large

- the first and second indents shall read:

- '100 g or more',

- 'less than 100 g (but not less than 75 g, quality class III)',

respectively;

- small

- the first and second indents shall read:

- '75 g or more (quality class II)',

- '75 g or more (quality class III)',

respectively.

4. Annexes XI and XII become Annexes XIII and XIV respectively.

5. The following Annexes are inserted:

'ANNEX XI

SATSUMAS

Conversion factors

(a) Variety:

- Citrus unshiu (Owari) 1,00

(b) Quality class:

- II 0,72

- III (where authorization is given

for marketing of this class) 0,45

(c) Sizing:

- more than 69 mm 1,00

- 54 mm to 69 mm 1,00

- less than 54 mm (with minimum

of 45mm) 0,75

- mixed sizings 0,75

(d) Form of packaging:

- packaged, maximum 25 kg net 1,00

- packaged, more than 25 kg net 0,90

- loose, in vehicle 0,80

ANNEX XII

CLEMENTINES

Conversion factors

(a) Variety:

- Citrus reticulata, Blanco and Regna

Gorda de Nules 1,00

(b) Quality class:

- II 0,72

- III (where authorization is given

for marketing of this class) 0,45

(c) Sizing:

- more than 60 mm 1,00

- 43 mm to 60 mm 1,00

- less than 43 mm (with minimum

of 35 mm) 0,75

- mixed sizings 0,75

(d) Form of packaging:

- packaged, maximum 25 kg net 1,00

- packaged, more than 25 kg net 0,90

- loose, in vehicle 0,80'.

6. In Annex XIV, the following indents are inserted after mandarins:

'- satsumas: 6,0 ECU for 100 kg net

- clementines: 6,0 ECU for 100 kg net'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 28 January 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 January 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 23, 28. 1. 1988, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 334, 27. 11. 1986, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 188, 8. 7. 1987, p. 29.

(5) OJ No L 163, 23. 6. 1987, p. 25.