NoL59/24 Official 1JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.3.75
REGULATION (EEC)No559/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of4March1975
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftocertainvarietiesofsweet
orangesoriginatinginSpain
pricereferredtoinRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
whereasthemethodofcalculatingimportcharges
otherthancustomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,defined
inArticle2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2047/70;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforsweetorangesimportedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSpainindicatesthatthecondi­
tionssetoutinthefirstparagraphofArticle4ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2047/70arefulfilled,forthevarieties
listedinArticle1(3)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3025/74(4)fixingreferencepricesforsweetoranges
forthe1974/75marketingyear;whereasthedutyin
theCommonCustomsTariffshould,therefore,be
appliedtotheproductsinquestion,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2047/70(')of13October1970onimportsofcitrus
fruitoriginatinginSpain,andinparticularArticle5
thereof;
WhereasArticle7ofAnnex1totheAgreement
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 ;
Whereastheconversionfactors,thetransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustomsdutiesare
thoseusedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom6March1975,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshsweetoranges
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
SpainotherthanthevarietiesMoro,Tarocco,Biondo
comune(Blancacomuna,Blondecommune),Grano
deoro(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,
Pineapple,Bloodoval(Doblefina,Doublefine),Portu­
guesesanguine,Sanguinaredonda(Entrefina),
SurinamvarietiesandtheordinarySanguinavariety,
withtheexceptionofNavelsanguines(improved
Doublefine,Washingtonsanguina,Sanguinagrande)
andMaltesesanguines(subheadingex08.02AIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff).
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)OJNoL321,30.11.1974,p.68.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4March1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission