NoL37/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.2.74
REGULATION (EEC)No340/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of8February1974
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftocertainvarietiesofsweet
orangesoriginatinginSpain
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastheconversionfactors,thetransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustomsarethoseused
forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentrypricereferred
toinRegulationNo1035/72;whereasthemethodof
calculatingimportchargesotherthancustomsduties
is,forcertaincases,definedinArticle2(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2047/70;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforsweetorangesimportedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSpainindicatesthatthecondi­
tionssetoutinthefirstparagraphofArticle4ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2047/70arefulfilled,forthevarieties
listedinArticle3(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3303/73(4)fixingreferencepricesforsweetoranges
forthe1973/74marketingyear;whereasthedutyin
theCommonCustomsTariffshould,therefore,be
appliedtotheproductsinquestion,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2047/70(')of13October1970onimportsofcitrus
fruitoriginatinginSpain,andinparticularArticle5
thereof;
WhereasArticle7ofAnnexItotheagreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spainprovidesforareducedrateofdutyonimports
intotheCommunityofcertaincitrusfruitoriginating
inSpain;whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichrefer­
encepricesareapplied,thisreductionisdependent
ontheobservanceofaspecifiedpriceontheCommu­
nitymarket,whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthissystemarecontainedinRegulation (EEC)No
2047/70;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofRegulationNo23whichwereincorporatedin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1035/72(2)of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
fruitandvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2745/72(3);whereas,inthiscase,reference
shouldbemadetoRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,in
accordancewiththeTablewhichappearsinAnnexIV
thereto;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2047/70providesthat,
whereoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1ofthat
Regulationisimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,convertedwherenecessarytoClassIinaccor­
dancewiththeprovisionsofArticle24(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72recordedontherepresentative
Communitymarketsattheimporter/wholesalerstage
orconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbytheconversion
factorsandfollowingdeductionoftransportcostsand
importchargesotherthancustomsduties,remain
lowerthanthereferencepriceinforce,plustheinci­
denceoftheCommonCustomsTariffonthatprice
andastandardamountfixedat1-2unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammes ,forthreeconsecutivemarket
daysontherepresentative marketsoftheCommunity
withthelowestquotations :
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :.
Article1
Asfrom12February1974,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshsweetoranges
ofthefollowingvarieties(subheadingex08.02AIof
theCommonCustomsTariff)importedintothe
Community andoriginatinginSpain;Biondo
comune(Blancacomuna,comune),Granodeoro
(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,
Bloodoval(Dobblefina ,Doublefine),Portuguese
sanguines,Sanguinaredonda(Entrefina),Surinam
varietiesandtheordinarySanguinavariety,withthe
exceptionofNavelsanguines(improveddoublefine,
Washingtonsanguina,Sanguinagrande)andMaltese
sanguines .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
(>)OJNoL228,15.10.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147. (4)OJNoL338,7.12.1973,p.32.

9.2.74 NoL37/31 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8February1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI