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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1279/88
of10May1988
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Cyprus
THECOMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
of14May1973onimportsofcitrusfruitsoriginatingin
Cyprus.('.),andinparticularArticle5thereof;Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeof
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,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruit
andvegetables(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1117/88(3); v'
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1252/73providesthat,
whereproductsareimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representativeCommunitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbythe
conversionfactorsandfollowingdeductionofimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
referencepriceinforce,plustheincidenceofthe
CommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceandastandard
amountfixedat1,2unitsofaccount(1,44ECU)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations ;Asfrom12May1988,thedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(CNcode
08053010)importedintotheCommunityandorigina­tinginCyprus.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12May1988.
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.113.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3)OJNoL107,28.4.1988,p.1.(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand'directlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10May1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President