INTO MEMBER STATES IN THE COURSE OF A CALENDAR YEAR MAY BE CONSIDERED TO FULFIL THIS CONDITION ;
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3456/73 ( 3 ) OF 17 DECEMBER 1973 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1496/68 ( 4 ) ON THE DEFINITION OF THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY , PROVIDES THAT , UNTIL 30 JUNE 1977 , THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING THE VALUE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES OF GOODS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL CONTINUE TO BE THAT DEFINED BY PROVISIONS IN FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEW MEMBER STATES ON 31 DECEMBER 1972 ; WHEREAS IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THAT UNTIL 30 JUNE 1977 THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR APPLES AND PEARS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION ON THE BASIS OF THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THE CUSTOMS TERRITORIES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR VALUATION PURPOSES ;
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE CUSTOMS VALUATION COMMITTEE ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
TITLE I
ARTICLE 1
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS :
( A ) APPLES AND PEARS : FRESH PRODUCTS LISTED AS CLASSIFIED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION AND FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 08.06 A II AND 08.06 B II RESPECTIVELY OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CIDER APPLES AND PERRY PEARS IN BULK ;
( B ) MARKETING CENTRE : ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CENTRES :
- FOR GERMANY : FRANKFURT , HAMBURG AND MUNICH ;
- FOR DENMARK : COPENHAGEN ;
- FOR FRANCE : DIEPPE , LE HAVRE , MARSEILLES , PARIS-RUNGIS , PERPIGNAN AND ROUEN ;
- FOR IRELAND : DUBLIN ;
- FOR ITALY : MILAN ;
- FOR THE NETHERLANDS : ROTTERDAM ;
- FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM : LONDON AND LIVERPOOL ;
- FOR THE BLEU : ANTWERP .
ARTICLE 2
1 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE VALUE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES OF APPLES AND PEARS AND SUBJECT TO APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 7 ( 3 ) OF THIS REGULATION , THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH , FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION HEADING , A STANDARD AVERAGE VALUE EXPRESSED IN THE CURRENCIES OF THE MEMBER STATES PER 100 KG GROSS .
2 . THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES TO BE APPLIED IN RESPECT OF THE OPENING PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE IMPORTING SEASON , AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF THIS REGULATION , SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES OF THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIODS OF APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING SEASON .
3 . WITH EFFECT FROM THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE OPENING PERIOD OF APPLICATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE IMPORTING SEASON , STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES SHALL BE DETERMINED ON ALTERNATE TUESDAYS , ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE , WEIGHTED IN RELATION TO THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO