NoL92/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.4.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No895/90
of6April1990
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Israel
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,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(%aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inIsraelindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1627/75
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,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)
No1119/89(3;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1627/75providesthat,
whereproductsareimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representative Communitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbythe
conversionfactorsandfollowingdeductionofimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
referencepriceinforce,plustheincidenceofthe
CommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceandastandard
amountfixedat1,2unitsofaccount(1,44ECU)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations;Asfrom10April1990thedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(CNcode
ex08053010)importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginIsrael.
Article2
Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeofThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10April1990.
OOJNoL165,28.6.1975,p.9.
OOJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.V)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.(jOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6April1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission