NoL5/26 OfficialJournaloftiheEuropeanCommunities 5.1.73
REGULATION (EEC)No26/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of4January1973
applyingthedutyintheCommonCustomsTarifftocertainvarietiesofsweet
orangesoriginatinginSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2047/70i1)of13October1970onimportsofcitrus
fruitoriginatinginSpain,andinparticularArticle5
thereof;
WhereasArticle7ofAnnex1totheagreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spainprovidesforareducedrateofdutyonimports
intotheCommunity ofcertainscitrusfruit
originatinginSpain;whereas,duringtheperiodin
whichreferencepricesareapplied,thisreductionis
dependentontheobservanceofaspecifiedpriceon
theCommunitymarket,whereasdetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthissystemarecontainedin
Regulation (EEC)No2047/70;
Whereas,incertainrespects,theserulesreferto
provisionsofRegulationNo23whichwere
incorporated inCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(2)of18May1972onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2454/72(3);
whereas,inthiscase,referenceshouldbemadeto
Regulation (EEC)No1035/72,inaccordancewith
theTablewhichappearsinAnnexIVthereto;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No2047/70provides
that,whereoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1
ofthatRegulationisimported,thedutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariffisappliedwherequotations
forthatproduct,convertedwherenecessaryto
ClassIinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
recordedontherepresentative Communitymarkets
attheimporter/wholesalerstageorconvertedtothat
stage,adjustedbytheconversionfactorsand
followingdeductionoftransportcostsandimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties,remainlower
thanthereferencepriceinforce,plustheincidence
oftheCommonCustomsTariffonthatpriceand
astandardamountfixedatT2unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes ,forthreeconsecutivemarketdaysontherepresentative marketsoftheCommunity
withthelowestquotations ;
Whereastheconversionfactors,thetransportcosts
andimportchargesotherthancustomsarethose
usedforthepurposeofcalculatingtheentryprice
referedtoinRegulationNo1035/72;whereasthe
metodofcalculatingimportchargesotherthan
customsdutiesis,forcertaincases,definedin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2047/70;
Whereasapplicationoftheserulestoquotations
recordedforsweetorangesimportedintothe
CommunityandoriginatinginSpainindicatesthat
theconditionssetoutinthefirstparagraphof
Article4ofRegulation (EEC)No2047/70are
fulfilled,forthevarietieslistedinArticle2(1)(c)
ofRegulation (EEC)No2522/72(4)fixingreference
pricesforsweetoranges;whereasthedutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariffshould,therefore,be
appliedtotheproductsinquestion;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom6January1973,thedutyintheCommon
CustomsTariffshallbeappliedtofreshsweet
orangesofthefollowingvarieties(subheadingex
08.02AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)im­
portedintotheCommunityandoriginatinginSpain:
Biondocomune(Blancacomuna,comune),Grano
deoro(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,
Pineaapple,Bloodoval(Dobblefina ,Doublefine),
Portuguesesanguines,Sanguinaredonda(Entre-fina),
SurinamvarietiesandtheordinarySanguinavariety,
withtheexceptionofNavelsanguines (improved
doublefine,Washingtonsanguina,Sanguinagrande)
andMaltesesanguines .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT
(»)OJNoL228,15.10.1970,p.2.
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