CELEX: 31969R1472
Language: en
Date: 1969-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1472/69 of the Council of 23 July 1969 on imports of citrus fruit originating in Tunisia

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    369
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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1472/69 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 23 July 1969
                                  on imports of citrus fruit originating in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                     Tunisian Republic (hereinafter called the 'Agreement')
                                                              in respect of the following products originating in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  Tunisia :
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                           ex 80.02 A: Fresh oranges
                                                              ex 08.02 B : Fresh mandarins and satsumas ; fresh
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                           Clementines, tangerines and other
                                                                             similar hybrid citrus fruit
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                  ex 08.02 C : Fresh lemons
Parliament1 ;
Whereas Article 4 of Annex 1 to the Agreement                                         Article 2
establishing an Association between the European
Economic Community and the Tunisian Republic                  1.    In order that the conditions laid down in Article
lays down rules for a tariff reduction in respect of          4 (2) of Annex 1 to the Agreement shall be fulfilled,
imports into the Community of certain citrus fruit            the quotations recorded at the wholesale stage on the
originating in Tunisia; whereas, during the period of         representative markets of the Community, adjusted
application of reference prices, that reduction is            by conversion factors and reduced by transport costs
dependent on the observance of a price on the                 and import charges other than customs
Community market; whereas detailed rules of                   duties—conversion factors, costs and charges laid
application are required to put this system in                down for the calculation of the entry price referred to
practice;                                                     in Regulation No 23—must remain equal to or
                                                              higher than the price laid down in Article 3 for a
Whereas the proposed system must be included in the           specific product adjusted to quality Class I where the
framework of the common organisation of the                   quotations recorded do not refer to that class.
market in fruit and vegetables ; whereas account
should therefore be taken of the provisions of                2.    For the deduction of import charges other than
Regulation No 232 on the progressive establishment            customs duties referred to in paragraph 1, in so far as
of a common organisation of the market in fruit and           the prices notified by the Member States of the
vegetables and further provisions adopted in                  Commission include the incidence of charges other
pursuance of that Regulation;                                 than customs duties, the amount to deducted shall be
                                                              calculated by the Commission in order to avoid the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                              difficulties which may arise because of the incidence
                                                              of those charges on entry prices depending on origin.
                                                              In that case an average corresponding to the average
                        Article 1                             between the lowest and the highest incidence shall be
                                                              taken into account.
This Regulation fixes the detailed rules for applying
the preferential treatment laid down in Article 4 of          Detailed rules for applying this paragraph shall be
Annex 1 to the Agreement establishing an Association          fixed, where appropriate, in accordance with the
between the European Economic Community and the               procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation No
                                                              23 .
1 OJ No C 79, 21.6.1969, p. 1.                                3.    The Community markets used for recording
2 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62.                             quotations on the basis of which the entry price
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referred to in Regulation No 23 is calculated shall be                                Article 5
considered as representative for the purpose of
paragraph 1 .                                                  The Commission, on the basis of the quotations
                                                               recorded on the representative markets of the
                         Article 3
                                                               Community and notified by the Member States, shall
                                                               keep a regular check on price trends and shall keep
                                                               the records referred to in Article 4.
The price referred to in Article 2 (1 ) shall be equal to
the reference price in force during the period in
question, plus the incidence of the Common Customs             The necessary measures shall be adopted in
Tariff on that price, and a standard amount fixed at           accordance with the procedure laid down by
1-2 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.                      Regulation No 23 in respect of the application of
                                                               countervailing duties to fruit and vegetables.
                         Article 4
                                                .
                                                                                      Article 6
In cases where, in respect of one of the products
listed in Article 1 , the quotations referred to in
Article 2 ( 1 ), adjusted by the conversion factors and        The provisions of Article 11 of Regulation No 23
reduced by the transport costs and import charges              shall remain in force.
other than customs duties, remain lower than the
price laid down in Article 3 on three consecutive
market days on the representative markets of the
Community with the lowest quotations, the Common                                      Article 7
Customs Tariff duty in force on the date of
importation shall be applied to the product in                 The rules laid down by this Regulation shall apply
question .                                                     from the entry into force of the Agreement and
                                                               throughout its application.
These rules shall remain in force until quotations are
equal to or higher than the price laid down in Article
3   on   three    consecutive   market    days    on  the      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
representative markets of the Community with the               day following its publication in the Official Journal
lowest quotations.                                             of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 July 1969.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                   J. M. A. H. LUNS