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REGULATION (EEC)No1472/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of23July1969
onimportsofcitrusfruitoriginatinginTunisia
TunisianRepublic(hereinaftercalledthe'Agreement')
inrespectofthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Tunisia:
ex80.02A:Freshoranges
ex08.02B:Freshmandarinsandsatsumas;fresh
Clementines,tangerinesandother
similarhybridcitrusfruit
ex08.02C:Freshlemons
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
WhereasArticle4ofAnnex1totheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheTunisianRepublic
laysdownrulesforatariffreductioninrespectof
importsintotheCommunityofcertaincitrusfruit
originatinginTunisia;whereas,duringtheperiodof
applicationofreferenceprices,thatreductionis
dependentontheobservanceofapriceonthe
Communitymarket;whereasdetailedrulesof
applicationarerequiredtoputthissystemin
practice;
Whereastheproposedsystemmustbeincludedinthe
frameworkofthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables;whereasaccount
shouldthereforebetakenoftheprovisionsof
RegulationNo232ontheprogressiveestablishment
ofacommonorganisationofthemarketinfruitand
vegetablesandfurtherprovisionsadoptedin
pursuanceofthatRegulation;1.InorderthattheconditionslaiddowninArticle
4(2)ofAnnex1totheAgreementshallbefulfilled,
thequotationsrecordedatthewholesalestageonthe
representative marketsoftheCommunity,adjusted
byconversionfactorsandreducedbytransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustoms
duties—conversionfactors,costsandchargeslaid
downforthecalculationoftheentrypricereferredto
inRegulationNo23—mustremainequaltoor
higherthanthepricelaiddowninArticle3fora
specificproductadjustedtoqualityClassIwherethe
quotationsrecordeddonotrefertothatclass.
2.Forthedeductionofimportchargesotherthan
customsdutiesreferredtoinparagraph1,insofaras
thepricesnotifiedbytheMemberStatesofthe
Commissionincludetheincidenceofchargesother
thancustomsduties,theamounttodeductedshallbe
calculatedbytheCommissioninordertoavoidthe
difficultieswhichmayarisebecauseoftheincidence
ofthosechargesonentrypricesdependingonorigin.
Inthatcaseanaveragecorresponding totheaverage
betweenthelowestandthehighestincidenceshallbe
takenintoaccount.
Detailedrulesforapplyingthisparagraphshallbe
fixed,whereappropriate,inaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle13ofRegulationNo
23.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationfixesthedetailedrulesforapplying
thepreferentialtreatmentlaiddowninArticle4of
Annex1totheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
1OJNoC79,21.6.1969,p.1.
2OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.965/62.3.TheCommunitymarketsusedforrecording
quotationsonthebasisofwhichtheentryprice

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Article5 referredtoinRegulationNo23iscalculatedshallbe
consideredasrepresentative forthepurposeof
paragraph1.
Article3TheCommission,onthebasisofthequotations
recordedontherepresentative marketsofthe
CommunityandnotifiedbytheMemberStates,shall
keeparegularcheckonpricetrendsandshallkeep
therecordsreferredtoinArticle4.
Thenecessarymeasuresshallbeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownby
RegulationNo23inrespectoftheapplicationof
countervailing dutiestofruitandvegetables.ThepricereferredtoinArticle2(1)shallbeequalto
thereferencepriceinforceduringtheperiodin
question,plustheincidenceoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffonthatprice,andastandardamountfixedat
1-2unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article4
.
Article6
TheprovisionsofArticle11ofRegulationNo23
shallremaininforce.Incaseswhere,inrespectofoneoftheproducts
listedinArticle1,thequotationsreferredtoin
Article2(1),adjustedbytheconversionfactorsand
reducedbythetransportcostsandimportcharges
otherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
pricelaiddowninArticle3onthreeconsecutive
marketdaysontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communitywiththelowestquotations,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinforceonthedateof
importationshallbeappliedtotheproductinArticle7
question.TheruleslaiddownbythisRegulationshallapply
fromtheentryintoforceoftheAgreementand
throughoutitsapplication .
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .Theserulesshallremaininforceuntilquotationsare
equaltoorhigherthanthepricelaiddowninArticle
3onthreeconsecutivemarketdaysonthe
representative marketsoftheCommunitywiththe
lowestquotations .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23July1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.M.A.H.LUNS