NoL83/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.3.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No767/92
of27March1992
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Israel
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,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(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2205/90(5),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointhepreviousindent,
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inIsraelindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1627/75
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1627/75
of26June1975onimportsoffreshlemonsoriginating
inIsrael('),andinparticularArticle5thereof;
WhereasArticle8ofProtocolItotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandIsrael
providesforareducedrateofdutyonimportsintothe
CommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichreferencepricesare
applied,thisreductionisdependentontheobservanceof
aspecifiedpriceontheCommunitymarket;whereas
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthissystemare
containedinRegulation(EEC)No3920/90;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruit
andvegetables(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1623/91(3);
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1627/75providesthat,
whereproductsareimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representative Communitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbythe
conversionfactorsandfollowing .deductionofimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
referencepriceinforce,plustheincidenceofthe
CommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceandastandard
amountfixedat1,2unitsofaccount(1,44ECU)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations ;
Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom31March1992thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(CNcode
ex08053010)importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginIsrael.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31March1992.
(')OJNoL165,28.6.1975,p.9.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
P)OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.(4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(*)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27March1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission