31967R0973

302 Official Journal of the European Communities

No 301/2 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 12.12.67

REGULATION No 973/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL

of 8 December 1967 on the application within the Community of certain provisions of the Decision of the Association Council between the European Economic Community and Turkey relating to the application of Article 6 of Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2

1 . Until the general system provided for in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the paragraph 6 of this Article is applied, the duties European Economic Community ; applicable to the following products, originating in and coming from Turkey, shall be those in the Common Customs Tariff in force at the time of Having regard to the Agreement establishing an importation . Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey ; ex 08.02 A : Fresh oranges

ex 08.02 B : Fresh mandarins and Clementines Having regard to the Agreement on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the ex 08.02 C : Fresh lemons . implementation of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic 2. While reference prices are applied, the Community and Turkey, and in particular Article provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply, provided that 2 ( 1 ) thereof ; for citrus fruit imported from Turkey prices on the Community internal market, after customs clearance Having consulted the Commission; and taking into account the adjustment factors applicable to the various categories of citrus fruit, are at least as high as the reference prices for the period Whereas by its Decision No 1/67, the EEC/Turkey in question plus the incidence of the Common Association Council, in application of Article 6 of Customs Tariff on such reference prices, a standard Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement, adopted amount of 1-20 units of account per 100 kg and measures to promote the marketing of certain transport costs and other costs of importation Turkish products on the Community market; provided for in the calculation of the entry prices whereas the measures which result for the referred to in Regulation No 23 1 on the progressive Community from this Decision should therefore be establishment of a common organisation of the adopted; market in fruit and vegetables, as amended by Regulation No 65 /65/EEC2.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 3 . The provisions of Article 11 of Regulation No 23 , as amended by Regulation No 65/65/EEC, shall remain applicable.

Article 1 4. When exports from Turkey to the Community exceed 10 000 metric tons of fresh oranges, Fresh table grapes, falling within tariff sub-heading mandarins and Clementines per year and 10 000 No 08.04 A, originating in and coming from Turkey metric tons of fresh lemons per year and where such shall be subject, when imported into the Community during the period 18 June to 17 July each year, to a customs duty equal to half the duty in the Common 1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62. Customs Tariff in force at the time of importation. 2 OJ No 86, 20.5.1965, p . 1458/65 .

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exports could create material difficulties for similar applicable to the principal producers in the exports from Member States or for long-standing Mediterranean countries, replacing the rules laid suppliers to the Member States, the Commission, down by this Article. acting on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, shall submit to the Council proposals for measures to be taken. The Council shall decide by Article 3 a qualified majority after consultation with Turkey.

5 . The provisions of this Article shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on the third implemented after the Council, acting on a proposal day following its publication in the Official Journal from the Commission, has adopted the necessary of the European Communities. rules of application in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty. This Regulation shall remain in force until the entry into force of the additional protocol provided for in 6. The provisions of this Article shall remain Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement applicable until the entry into force within the or until the date specified in Article 1 (3 ) of that Community of general rules for the same products Protocol. .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1967.

For the Council

The "President

G. STOLTENBERG