31973R0355

No L 40/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 355/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 February 1973 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 7/73 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to mandarines, satsumas, Clementines, tangerines and other similar citrus hybrids originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 72 (3) of 18 May 1972 on the common organization COMMUNITIES, of the market in fruit and vegetables as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 2745 /72 (4) ; whereas the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ method of calculating import: charges other than pean Economic Community ; customs duties is, for certain cases, defined in Art­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No icle 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 ; 2047/70 (*) of 13 October 1970 on imports of citrus Whereas application of these rules to quotations re­ fruit originating in Spain, and in particular Article corded for mandarines, satsumas, Clementines, tan­ thereof ; gerines and other similar citrus hybrids imported into Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 7/73 (2 ) the Community and originating in Spain indicates of 2 January 1973 applied the duty in the Common that the conditions set out in the second paragraph Customs Tariff to mandarines , satsumas, Clementines, of Article 4 of Regulation (E'-EC) No 2047/70 are tangerines and other similar citrus hybrids originating fulfilled for the products concerned, whereas Regu­ in Spain ; lation (EEC) No 7/73 should therefore be repealed ;

Whereas, pursuant to the second paragraph of Art­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : icle 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2047/70, this rule re­ mains in force until the quotations referred to in Article 1 Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, adjusted by the con­ version factors and following deduction of transport Commission Regulation (EEC) No 7/73 of 2 Jan­ costs and import charges other than customs duties, uary 1973 applying the duty in the Common Cus­ remain equal to or higher than the price laid down toms Tariff to mandarines, satsumas, Clementines, in Article 3 of that Regulation for three consecutive tangerines and other similar citrus hybrids imported market days on the representative markets of the from Spain is hereby repealed. Community with the lowest quotations ; Article 2 Whereas the conversion factors, the transport costs and import charges other than customs duties are This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of those used for the purpose of calculating the entry its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ price referred to in Council Regulation No 1035/ pean Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 228 , 15 . 10 . 1970, p. 2 . (8 ) OJ No L 118 , 20.5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 3 , 3 . 1 . 1973 , p. 10 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p. 147 .