NoL27/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.1.74
REGULATION (EEC)No250/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of30January1974
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftolemonsoriginatingin
Tunesia
per100kilogrammes ,forthreeconsecutivemarket
daysontherepresentative marketsoftheCommunity
withthelowestquotations;
Whereastheconversionfactors,thetransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustomsarethoseused
forthepurposeofcalculatingtheentrypricereferred
toinRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
methodofcalculatingimportchargesotherthan
customsdutiesis,forcertaincases,definedinArticle
2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1472/69;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforlemonsimportedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginTunesiaindicatesthatthecondi­
tionssetoutinthefirstparagraphofArticle4ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1472/69arefulfilled;whereasthe
dutyintheCommonCustomsTariffshould,there­
fore,beappliedtotheproductsinquestion,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1472/69(^of23July1969,onimportsofcitrusfruit
originatinginTunesiaasamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2366/72(2)andinparticularArticle5
thereof;
WhereasArticle4ofAnnexItotheAgreementestab­
lishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunesia
providesforareducedrateofdutyonimportsintothe
Communityofcertaincitrusfruitoriginatingin
Tunesia;whereas,duringtheperiodinwhichrefer­
encepricesareapplied,thisreductionisdependent
ontheobservanceofaspecifiedpriceontheCommu­
nitymarket,whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthissystemarecontainedinRegulation (EEC)No
1472/69;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesrefertoprovi­
sionsofRegulationNo23whichwereincorporatedin
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72(3)of18May
1972onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
fruitandvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2745/72(4);whereas,inthiscase,reference
shouldbemadetoRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,in
accordancewiththetablewhichappearsinAnnexIV
thereto;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1472/69presidesthat,
whereoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1ofthat
Regulationisimported,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffisappliedwherequotationsforthat
product,convertedwherenecessarytoClass1inaccor­
dancewiththeprovisionsofArticle24(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72recordedontherepresentative
Communitymarketsattheimporter/wholesalerstage
orconvertedtothatstage,adjustedbytheconversion
factorsandfollowingdeductionoftransportcostsand
importchargesotherthancustomsduties,remain
lowerthanthereferencepriceinforce,plustheinci­
denceoftheCommonCustomsTariffonthatprice
andastandardamountfixedat1-2unitsofaccountHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom1February1974thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtolemons
(subheadingNoex08.02CoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)importedintotheCommunityandoriginating
inTunesia.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .0)OJNoL198,8.8.1969,p.25.
(2)OJNoL257,26.11.1970,p.2.
(3)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI