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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)231final
Brussels.19February1973
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OF'THECOUNCIL
onimportsofcitrusfruitsoriginatingintheRepublic
of■Lebanon
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)231final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.Annex Ioftheagreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofLebanon ,bearing ontheapplication ofArticle 2(1)ofthat
agreement ,establishes thesystem applying toimports into theCommunity of
thefollowing products ,originating intheRepublic ofLebanon ;fresh oranges ;
fresh mandarins andsatsumas ;fresh Clementines ,tangerines andother com–
parables hybrids ofcitrus fruits ;fresh lemons .
Once this system ofpreferential imports hasbeen established forimports to
which thereference price applied ,subject tothecountry inquestion recog­
nizing aprice fixed ontheinternal domestic market oftheCommunity ,detailed
rules ofapplication must bedetermined .
Such isthepurpose ofthis proposal .
2.Article 5oftheAnnex :inquestion provides that customs duties payable by
Lebanon forthecitrus fruits abovementioned onimportation into theCommunity
shall beequal toSOfooftheCommon Customs Tariff oncondition that theprices
ofcitrus fruits imported from Lebanon shall ,onthedomestic market ofthe
Community ,behigher than orequal toreference prices fortheparticular
period ,increased bytheeffect oftheCommon Customs Tariff onthese reference
prices andaglobal amount ofT„2units ofaccount per100kilogrammes .Account
shall also betaken ofconversion factors valid fordifferent categories of
citrus fruit ,transport costs andimport charges other than customs duties .
Article 2ofthis proposal lays down therules tobeobserved bytheCommission
inorder toestablish whether wholesale prices onrepresentative Community
markets conform totheagreement .

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In"thisrespect,and.toavoidalldiscrimination ,representative Community
marketsandothertechnicalfactorshavingregardtocalculationshallbe
thosewhichapplyalreadyfordeterminingpricesonthebasisofwhichthe
entryprice,referredtoinCouncilRegulationNo1035/72,iscalculated.
3.Article3laysdownthatthepricetoberecognizedshallbeequaltothe
referencepriceinforceduringtheperiodinquestion,increasedbytheeffect
thereonoftheCommonCustomsTariffandbyaglobalamountof1.2unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes .
Article4laysdownthemeasuresrequiredwherepricesonrepresentative
Communitymarketsdonotconformtotheprioetoberecognized.Infactif
citrusfruitsweretoentertheCommunityfromLebanonatapricewhichwas
lowerthanthatabovementioned afterpaymentofthereducedcustomsduty,
therewouldbeariseofdisturbance ontheCommunitymarketincitrusfruits.
Forthisreasontheproposalisthat,wheretherecordedpricesare,for
threeconsecutivemarketdays,lowerthantherecognizedprice,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinforceonthedateofimportationshallapplytothe
productinquestionanduntilsuchtimeasthesepricesshall,forthree
consecutivemarketdays,againbeequaltoorhigherthantherecognizedprice.
5.Itshallbeunderstoodthatwherethereferencepricedoesnotapply,the
preferentialtariffallowedfortheseproductsshallapplyunconditionally
toLebanon.

PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
onimports ofcitrus fruits originating intheRepublic ofLebanon
THE3COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard "totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheProposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas .Article 5ofAnnex IoftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublic ofLebanon provides fortariff reductions on
imports into theCommunity ofcertain citrus fruits originating inthe
Republic "ofLebanon ;whereas ,:during .theperiod inwhich thereference ,price
applies ,.thereduction issubject toobservance ofaprice fixed onthe
internal market oftheCommunity ;whereas detailed rules ofapplication must
beadopted toimplement thesystem inquestion ;
Whereas thesystem proposed ,should form part ofthecommon organization of
themarket infruit andvegetables ;whereas ,therefore ,account should be
taken oftheprovisions ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)NO1035/72^^onthe
common ,organization ofthemarket infruit andvegetables ,aslast amended by
Gouncil Regulation (EEC);No2745/72(2);andoftheprovisions adopted in-
application ofthat Regulation ; ••
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
"'OJNoL118,20May1972 ,p.1.
(2)0J NoL291 ,25.12.1972 ,p.147

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Article 1
This Regulation prescribes thedetailed rules forapplying thesystem of
preferences provided forinArticle 5ofAnnex IoftheAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofLebanon forthefollowing -
products originating intheRepublic ofLebanon :
ex08.02 A: Fresh oranges ,
ex08.02 B: Fresh mandarins andsatsumas ;fresh
Clementines ,tangerines ,andother similar'
citrus hybrid.s ,
ex08.02 C:s Fresh lemons .
Article 2
1.Inorder that theconditions referred toinArticle 5(2)ofAnnex Iofthe
abovementioned Agreement bemet ,theprices onrepresentative Community
markets recorded at,orconverted to,theimport /wholesale stage taking into
account conversion factors anddeducting transport costs andimport charges
other than customs duties –thefactors ,costs andcharges aforesaid being
those used incalculating theentry price referred toinCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No1035/72–must ,foragiven product ,bethose calculated induecourse
forClass Ipursuant totheprovisions ofthefirst indent ,second subpara­
graph of'Article 24(2 )ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)NO1035/72andbeequal to
orhigher than theprice defined inArticle 3.
2.TheCommission shall calculate the amount tobededucted inrespect ofimport
charges other than customs duties ,insofarasprices notified tothe
Commission byMember States include these charges ,soastoavoid any
.difficulties arising "from .."the .incidence ofthese charges onentry prices
which mayvary according toorigin .Accordingly ,anaverage mean corres -*
ponding tothearithmetical mean between thelowest andthehighest charges
shall betalcen into account for the calculation .
Thedetailed rules forapplying this paragraph shall bedetermined ,asmaybe
necessary ,inaccordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 33ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1035/72.

Therepresentative Communitymarketswithinthemeaningofparagraph .1,are
usedforrecordingthepricesonthebasisofwhichtheentrypricereferred
toinCouncilRegulation(EEC)Ho10.35/72iscalculated.
Article3
ThepricereferredinArticle2(1)shallheequaltothereferencepricefar
"fc*16 .periodinquestionplusthe.incidence *thereonofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandafixedamountof1.20unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes .
Article4
Where,mrespectofoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1,theprices
referredtoatArticle2(1),takingintoaccounttheconversionfactorsand
afterdeductingtransportcostsandimportchargesotherthancustomsduties,
are,asfoundonthelowestpricedrepresentative Communitymarkets,lower
thanthepricelaiddowninArticle3forthreeconsecutive marketdays,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyinforceatthedateofimportationshallapplyto
theproductinquestion.
Thisarrangementshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthesepricesonthelowest
priccdrepresentative Communitymarketsarefoundtobeforthreeconsecutive
marketdaysequaltoorhigherthanthepricelaiddowninArticle3.
Article5
TheCommission,onthebasisofpricesrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsandnotifiedtoitbyIlemberStates,shallfollowpricetrends
regularlyandrecordtheminaccordancewithArticle4»
Themeasuresrequiredforthispurposeshallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72forapplying
compensatory chargestofruitandvegetables.
Article6
Articles23,24,25,26,27and28ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72shall
remaininforce.

Article 7
The system laid down inthis Regulation shall apply from thedate ofthe
entry into force oftheabovementioned Agreement until such time asthe
Agreement shall cease tohave effect .
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall be "binding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done at 19–• FortheCouncil
The President