13.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL40/13
REGULATION (EEC)No354/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of12February1973
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftocertainvarietiesofsweet
orangesoriginatinginSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2047/70(*)of13Oktober1970onimportsofcitrus
fruitoriginatinginSpain,andinparticularArticle5
thereof:
WhereasArticle7ofAnnexItotheagreementbe­
tweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spainprovidesforareducedrateofdutyon
importsintotheCommunityofcertainscitrusfruit
originatinginSpain;whereas,duringtheperiodin
whichreferencepricesareapplied,thisreductionis
dependentontheobservanceofaspecifiedpriceon
theCommunitymarket,whereas-detailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthissystemarecontainedinRegu
lation(EEC)No2047/70;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesreferto
provisionsofRegulationNo23whichwereincor­
poratedinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1035/72(2)
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2745/72(3);whereas,inthis
case,referenceshouldbemadetoRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72,inaccordancewiththeTablewhich
appearsinAnnex'lVthereto;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2047/70provides
that,whereoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationisimported,thedutyintheCom­
monCustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsfor
thatproduct,convertedwherenecessarytoClassI
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle24(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representative Communitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjusted
bytheconversionfactorsandfollowingdeduction
oftransportcostsandimportchargesotherthancus­
tomsduties,remainlowerthanthereferenceprice
inforce,plustheincidenceoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffonthatpriceandastandardamountfixed
at1-2unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepresentative
marketsoftheCommunitywiththelowestquotat­
ions:
Whereastheconversionfactors,thetransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustomsarethose
usedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice
referredtoinRegulationNo1035/72;whereasthe
methodofcalculatingimportchargesotherthancus­
tomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,definedinArticle
2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2047/70;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforsweetorangesimportedintotheCom­
munityandoriginatinginSpainindicatesthatthe
conditionssetoutinthefirstparagraphofArticle4
ofRegulation (EEC)No2047/70arefulfilled,for
thevarietieslistedinArticle2(1)(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2522/72(4)fixingreferencepricesfor
sweetoranges;whereasthedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshould,therefore,beappliedtothe
productsquestion;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom14February1973,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshsweet
orangesofthefollowingvarieties(subheadingex
08.02AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)imported
intotheCommunityandoriginatinginSpain:
Biondocomune(Blancacomuna,comune),Grano
deoro(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,
Pineapple,Bloodoval(Dobblefina,Doublefine),
Portuguesesanguines,Sanguinaredonda(Entre­
fina),SurinamvarietiesandtheordinarySanguina
variety,withtheexceptionofNavelsanguines
(improveddoublefine,Washingtonsanguina,San­
guinagrande)andMaltesesanguines.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember'
States.
DoneatBrussels,12February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(^OJNoL228,15.10.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147. (4)OJNoL270,1.12.1972,p.63.