NoL60/18EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.3.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No597/95
of17March1995
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),aslastamendedbytheActofAccessionof
Austria,FinlandandSweden;
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(ECU1,739)per100
kilograms,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunitywiththelowest
quotations;Whereastheconversionfactorsandimportchargesother
thancustomsdutiesarethoseusedforthepurposeof
calculatingtheentrypricereferredtoinRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemethodofcalculatingimport
chargesotherthancustomsdutiesis,forcertaincases,
definedinArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No1252/73;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(4),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/95(6);
Whereasapplicationoftheseratestoquotationsrecorded
forlemonsimportedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inCyprusindicatesthattheconditionssetoutinthefirst
paragraphofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1252/73
arefulfilled;whereasthedutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffshould,therefore,beappliedtotheproductsin
question,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom21March1995,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshlemons(CNcode
ex08053020)importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginCyprus.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21March1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17March1995.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
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(4)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.113.
(2)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(6)OJNoL24,1.2.1995,p.1.