31991R1543

No L 143/30 7 . 6 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1543/91 of 6 June 1991 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to fresh lemons originating in Israel

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 1627/75 ; 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 1627/75 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central of 26 June 1975 on imports of fresh lemons originating rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in in Israel ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof ; the last paragraph of Article 3(1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (*), Whereas Article 8 of Protocol I to the Agreement — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on an between the European Economic Community and Israel average of the ecu rates published in the Official provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports into the Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Community of fresh lemons originating in Israel ; a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ whereas, during the period in which reference prices are cient referred to in the previous indent, applied, this reduction is dependent on the observance of a specified price on the Community market ; whereas detailed rules for the application of this system are Whereas application of these rules to quotations recorded contained in Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 ; for lemons imported into the Community and originating in Israel indicates that the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75 Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to provi­ are fulfilled ; whereas the duty in the Common Customs sions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May Tariff should, therefore, be applied to the products in 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit question, and vegetables (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 0 ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75 provides that, where products are imported, the duty in the Common HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 representative Community markets at the importer/ Article 1 wholesaler stage or converted to that stage, adjusted by the conversion factors and following deduction of import charges other than customs duties, remain lower than the As from 8 June 1991 the duty in the Common Customs reference price in force, plus the incidence of the Tariff shall be applied to fresh lemons (CN code Common Customs Tariff on that price and a standard ex 0805 30 1 0) imported into the Community and origi­ amount fixed at 1,2 units of account (1,44 ECU) per 100 nating in Israel . 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 than customs duties are those used for the purpose of This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 1991 . (') OJ No L 165, 28 . 6. 1975, p. 9 . O OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (•') OJ No L 375, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 17. H OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1990, p. 9 .

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

Done at Brussels, 6 June 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission