31975R0559

No L 59 / 24 Official 1 Journal of the European Communities 5 . 3 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 559/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 March 1975 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN price referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; COMMUNITIES, whereas the method of calculating import charges other than customs duties is, for certain cases, defined Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 ; Economic Community ; Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should be calculated on the following basis : 2047/70 (') of 13 October 1970 on imports of citrus — in the case of currencies which are maintained in fruit originating in Spain , and in particular Article 5 thereof ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Whereas Article 7 of Annex 1 to the Agreement on their effective parity ; between the European Economic Community and — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Spain provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each into the Community of certain citrus fruit originating of these currencies recorded for a given period, in in Spain ; whereas, during the period in which refer­ relation to the Community currencies referred to ence prices are applied, this reduction is dependent in the previous subparagraph ; on the observance of a specified price on the Commu­ nity market ; whereas detailed rules for the application Whereas application of these rules to quotations of this system are contained in Regulation (EEC) No recorded for sweet oranges imported into the Commu­ 2047/70 ; nity and originating in Spain indicates that the condi­ tions set out in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regu­ Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to provi­ lation ( EEC) No 2047/70 are fulfilled , for the varieties sions of Regulation No 23 which were incorporated in listed in Article 1 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 035/72 (2) of 18 May 3025/74 (4 ) fixing reference prices for sweet oranges 1972 on the common organization of the market in for the 1974/75 marketing year ; whereas the duty in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation the Common Customs Tariff should , therefore, be (EEC) No 2745/72 (3) ; whereas, in this case, reference applied to the products in question , should be made to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, in accordance with the Table which appears in Annex IV thereto ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 provides that, where one of the products listed in Article 1 of that Article 1 Regulation is imported , the duty in the Common Customs Tariff is applied where quotations for that As from 6 March 1975, the duty in the Common product, converted where necessary to Class I in accor­ Customs Tariff shall be applied to fresh sweet oranges dance with the provisions of Article 24 (2) of Regula­ imported into the Community and originating in tion (EEC) No 1035/72 recorded on the representative Spain other than the varieties Moro, Tarocco, Biondo Community markets at the importer/wholesaler stage comune (Blanca comuna, Blonde commune), Grano or converted to that stage, adjusted by the conversion de oro (Imperial , Sucrena), Baladi , Pera, Macetera, factors and following deduction of transport costs and Pineapple, Blood oval ( Doblefina, Double fine), Portu­ import charges other than customs duties, remain guese sanguine, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina), lower than the reference price in force, plus the inci­ Surinam varieties and the ordinary Sanguina variety, dence of the Common Customs Tariff on that price with the exception of Navel sanguines (improved and a standard amount fixed at 1-2 units of account Double fine, Washington sanguina, Sanguina grande) per 100 kilogrammes, for three consecutive market and Maltese sanguines (subheading ex 08.02 A I of the days on the representative markets of the Community Common Customs Tariff). 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 its those used for the purpose of calculating the entry publication in the Official journal of the European Communities. (>) OJ No L 228 , 15. 10 . 1970 , p. 2. (2) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147 . (4 ) OJ No L 321 , 30 . 11 . 1974, p . 68 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission