NoL211/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.8.84
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2303/84
of7August1984
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftolemonsoriginatingin
Spain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2047/70of13October1970onimportsofcitrusfruit
originatinginSpain('),andinparticularArticle5
thereof;account(1,44ECU)per100kilograms,forthree
consecutivemarketdaysontherepresentativemarkets
oftheCommunitywiththelowestquotations;
Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportcharges
otherthancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthe
purposeofcalculatingtheentrypricereferredtoin
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemethodof
calculatingimportchargesotherthancustomsduties
is,forcertaincases,definedinArticle2(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2047/70;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/84,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindentandtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforlemonsimportedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginSpainindicatesthattheconditions
setoutinthefirstparagraphofArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No2047/70arefulfilled;whereasthedutyin
theCommonCustomsTariffshould,therefore,be
appliedtotheproductsinquestion,WhereasArticle7ofAnnexItotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spainprovidesforareducedrateofdutyonimports
intotheCommunityofcertaincitrusfruitoriginating
inSpain;whereas,duringtheperiodinwhich
referencepricesareapplied,thisreductionisdepen­
dentontheobservanceofaspecifiedpriceonthe
Communitymarket;whereasdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthissystemarecontainedinRegulation
(EEC)No2047/70;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofRegulationNo23whichwereincorporatedin
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May1972
onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruit
andvegetables(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1332/84(3);whereas,inthiscase,referenceshould
bemadetoRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,inaccor­
dancewiththeTablewhichappearsinAnnexIV
thereto;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No2047/70providesthat,
whereoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1ofthat
Regulationisimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedon
therepresentativeCommunitymarketsattheimpor­
ter/wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjusted
bytheconversionfactorsandfollowingdeductionof
transportcostsandimportchargesotherthancustoms
duties,remainlowerthanthereferencepriceinforce,
plustheincidenceoftheCommonCustomsTariffon
thatpriceandastandardamountfixedat1,2unitsofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom9August1984,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons
(subheading08.02GoftheCommonCustomsTariff)
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Spain.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL228,15.10.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL130,16.5.1984,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7August1984.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission