NoL121/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities11.5.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1277/88
of10May1988
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Israel
calculatingtheentrypricereferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemethodofcalculatingimport
chargesotherthancustomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,
definedinArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No1627/75;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,itshouldbe
calculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1676/85(4),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1636/87Q,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontothe'Communitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inIsraelindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1627/75
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1627/75
'of26June1975onimportsoffreshlemonsoriginating
inIsrael('),andinparticularArticle5thereof;
WhereasArticle8ofProtocolItotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandIsrael
providesforareducedrateofdutyonimportsintothe
CommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichreferencepricesare
applied,thisreductionisdependentontheobservanceof
aspecifiedpriceontheCommunitymarket;whereas
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthissystemare
containedinRegulation(EEC)No1627/75;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruit
andvegetables(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1117/88(3);
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1627/75providesthat,
whereproductsareimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representativeCommunitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbythe
conversionfactorsandfollowingdeductionofimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
referencepriceinforce,plustheincidenceofthe
CommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceandastandard
amountfixedat1,2unitsofaccount(1,44ECU)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations;
Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom12May1988thedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(CNcode
ex08053010)importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginIsrael.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12May1988.
(')OJNoL165,28.6.1975,p.9.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3OJNoL107,28.4.1988,p.1.(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.nOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,10May1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President