28.12.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL326/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3589/93
of27December 1993
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftofreshlemonsoriginatingin
Cyprus
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
of14May1973onimportsofcitrusfruitsoriginatingin
Cyprus('),andinparticularArticle5thereof,
WhereasArticle5(2)and(3)ofAnnexItotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus
providesforareducedrateofdutyonimportsintothe
CommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginCyprus;
whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichreferencepricesare
applied,thisreductionisdependentontheobservanceof
aspecifiedpriceontheCommunitymarket;whereas
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthissystemare
containedinRegulation(EEC)No1252/73;whereas,in
certainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovisionsofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May1972onthe
commonorganization ofthemarketinfruitand
vegetables(2)aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
638/93(3);
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1252/73providesthat,
whereproductsareimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72recordedonthe
representative Communitymarketsattheimporter/
wholesalerstageorconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbythe
conversionfactorsandfollowingdeductionofimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlowerthanthe
referencepriceinforce,plustheincidenceofthe
CommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceandastandard
amountfixedat1,2unitsofaccount(ECU1,44)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations ;Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeof
calculatingtheentrypricereferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemethodofcalculatingimport
chargesotherthancustomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,
definedinArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1252/73;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(5),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(6);
Whereasapplicationoftheseratestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inCyprusindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom29December1993,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemonsCNcode
ex08053010importedintotheCommunityandorigina­
tinginCyprus.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29December
1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.113.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(3)OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.(4)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.if)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.