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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No845/87
of24March1987
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Morocco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1455/78
of26June1978ontheconclusionoftheAgreement
extendingtheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco('),
WhereasArticle8oftheInterimAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandMoroccoprovides
forareducedrateofdutyonimportsintotheCommu­
nityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginMorocco;whereas,
duringtheperiodinwhichreferencepricesareapplied,
thisreductionisdependentontheobservanceofaspeci­
fiedpriceontheCommunitymarket;whereasdetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofthissystemarecontainedin
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1288/76of28May1976on
theconclusionoftheInterimAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco(2);
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruit
andvegetables(3)aslastamendedbyRegulation (.EEC)
No1351/86(<);calculatingtheentrypricereferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,itshouldbe
calculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1676/85
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inMoroccoindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthe
firstparagraphofArticle8oftheInterimAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
MoroccoasannexedtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1288/76arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshould,therefore,beappliedtothe
productsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1288/76provides,in
Article8oftheannexedInterimAgreement,that,where
productsareimported,thedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffisappliedwherequotationsforthatproduct,in
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle24(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72recordedontherepresentative
Communitymarketsattheimporter/wholesalerstageor
convertedtothatstage,adjustedbytheconversionfactors
andfollowingdeductionofimportchargesotherthan
customsduties,remainlowerthanthereferencepricein
force,plustheincidenceoftheCommonCustomsTariff
onthatpriceandastandardamountfixedat1,2unitsof
account(1,44ECU)per100kilograms,forthreeconsecu­
tivemarketdaysontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communitywiththelowestquotations ;
Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeofArticle1
Asfrom26March1987,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(subhea­
ding08.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff)imported
intotheCommunityandoriginatinginMorocco.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(>)OJNoL175,29.6.1978,p.7.
(AOJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.97.
(3)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.b)OJNoL119,8.5.1986,p.46. OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24March1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President