No L 273/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 11. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3052/93 of 4 November 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the reference price for sweet oranges 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (?), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof, | , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of the monetary realignments (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed each year before the begin- ning of the marketing year; Whereas the importance of sweet orange production in the Community is such that a reference price must be fixed for that product; - Whereas the period during which oranges harvested during a given crop year are marketed extends from * October to 15 July of the following year; whereas the quantity put on the market during October and November and from 1 June to 15 July 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 a period running from 1 December to 31 May of the following year; Whereas the fixing of a single reference price valid for the whole marketing year appears to be the solution most () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29. () OJ No L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 18. suited to the particular nature of the Community market in the product in question; Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of the abovementioned Regula- tion stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, adjusted, after deducting the standard cost of transporting Commu- nity products between production areas and Community consumption centres in the preceding year, by: — the increase in production costs for fruit and vegeta- bles, less productivity growth, and — the standard rate of transport costs in the current marketing year; Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State with regard to Article 23 (2) plus transport costs for the current year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in production costs less productivity growth ; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year; Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative market or 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 with defined commercial characteristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the 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 which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded ; Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/92 of 28 December 1992 on transitional measures for the application of the agrimonetary arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (9 establishes a correspondence between the provisions of the agrimonetary arrangements applicable form 1 January 1993 and those applicable before that date ; (% OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 22.