NoL10/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.1.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No73/90
of11January1990
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Cyprus
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
of14May1973onimportsofcitrusfruitsoriginatingin
Cyprus('),andinparticularArticle5thereof;calculatingtheentrypricereferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemethodofcalculatingimport
chargesotherthancustomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,
definedinArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No1252/73;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,itshouldbe
calculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1676/85(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1636/87(^
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inCyprusindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,WhereasArticle5(2)and(3)ofAnnexItotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus
providesforareducedrateofdutyonimportsintothe
CommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginCyprus;
whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichreferencepricesare
applied,thisreductionisdependentontheobservanceof
aspecifiedpriceontheCommunitymarket;whereas
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthissystemare
containedinRegulation(EEC)No1252/73;whereas,in
certainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovisionsofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May1972onthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinfruitandvegeta­
bles(2)aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1119/890;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1252/73providesthat,
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;Article1
Asfrom13January1990,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemonsCNcode
08053010importedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inCyprus.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13January
1990.Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeof
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.113.0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11January1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission