31984R1611

8 . 6. 84 No L 152/65 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1611/84

of 7 June 1984

applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to lemons originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (1,44 ECU) per 100 kilograms, for three consecutive COMMUNITIES, market days on the representative markets of the Community with the lowest quotations ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the conversion factors, the transport costs and Economic Community, import charges other than customs duties are those used for the purpose of calculating the entry price referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the method of calculating import charges other than 2047/70 of 13 October 1970 on imports of citrus fruit customs duties is, for certain cases, defined in Article 2 originating in Spain ('), and in particular Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 ; thereof ; Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 7 of Annex I to the Agreement — in the case of currencies which are maintained in between the European Economic Community and relation to each other at any given moment within Spain provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on into the Community of certain citrus fruit originating their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient in Spain ; whereas, during the period in which provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) reference prices are applied, this reduction is depen­ dent on the observance of a specified price on the No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84, Community market ; whereas detailed rules for the application of this system are contained in Regulation — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the (EEC) No 2047/70 ; arithmetic mean of the sport market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to provi­ in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ sions of Regulation No 23 which were incorporated in cient ; Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit Whereas application of these rules to quotations and vegetables (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) recorded for lemons imported into the Community No 1332/84 (3) ; whereas, in this case, reference should and originating in Spain indicates that the conditions be made to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, in accor­ set out in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation dance with the Table which appears in Annex IV (EEC) No 2047/70 are fulfilled ; whereas the duty in thereto ; the Common Customs Tariff should, therefore, be applied to the products in question,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 provides that, where one of the products listed in Article 1 of that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation is imported, the duty in the Common Customs Tariff is applied where quotations for that product, converted where necessary to Class I in accor­ Article 1 dance with the provisions of Article 24 (2) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1035/72 recorded on the representative As from 9 June 1984, the duty in the Common Community markets at the importer/wholesaler stage Customs Tariff shall be applied to fresh lemons or converted to that stage, adjusted by the conversion (subheading 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff), factors and following deduction of transport costs and imported into the Community and originating in import charges other than customs duties, remain Spain. lower than the reference price in force, plus the inci­ dence of the Common Customs Tariff on that price and a standard amount fixed at 1,2 units of account Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its (') OJ No L 228, 15. 10. 1970, p. 2. publication in the Official Journal of the European Ò OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . Communities. P) OJ No L 130, 16. 5. 1984, p. 1 .

No L 152/66 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 84

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

Done at Brussels, 7 June 1984, For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission