31987R0368
No L 35/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 2. 87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 368/87 of 5 February 1987 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to fresh lemons originating in Cyprus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, calculating the entry price referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the method of calculating import charges other than customs duties is, for certain cases, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1252/73 ; Economic Community,
Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it should be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and calculated on the following basis : Portugal, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela tion to each other at any given moment within a band Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1252/73 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central of 14 May 1973 on imports of citrus fruits originating in rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Cyprus ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof ; the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), Whereas Article 5 (2) and (3) of Annex I to the Agree — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the ment establishing an Association between the European arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus these currencies recorded over a given period in rela provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports into the tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Community of fresh lemons originating in Cyprus ; previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; whereas, during the period in which reference prices are applied, this reduction is dependent on the observance of Whereas application of these rules to quotations recorded a specified price on the Community market ; whereas detailed rules for the application of this system are for lemons imported into the Community and originating contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1252/73 ; in Cyprus indicates that the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1252/73 are fulfilled ; whereas the duty in the Common Customs Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to provi Tariff should, therefore, be applied to the products in sions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May question, 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (2) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1351 / 86 (3);
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1252/73 provides that, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : where products are imported, the duty in the Common Customs Tariff is applied where quotations for that product, in accordance with the provisions of Article 24(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 recorded on the Article 1 representative Community markets at the importer/ wholesaler stage or converted to that stage, adjusted by the conversion factors and following deduction of import As from 7 February 1987, the duty in the Common charges other than customs duties, remain lower than the Customs Tariff shall be applied to fresh lemons (subhea reference price in force, plus the incidence of the ding 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) imported Common Customs Tariff on that price and a standard into the Community and originating in Cyprus. amount fixed at 1,2 units of account (1,44 ECU) per 100 kilograms, for three consecutive market days on the repre sentative markets of the Community with the lowest quotations ; Article 2
Whereas the conversion factors and import charges other This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its than customs duties are those used for the purpose of publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (') OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1973, p. 113 . (2) OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46. (<) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 5 February 1987.
For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President