CELEX: 31967R0973
Language: en
Date: 1967-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 973/67/EEC of the Council of 8 December 1967 on the application within the Community of certain provisions of the Decision of the Association Council between the European Economic Community and Turkey relating to the application of Article 6 of Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement

302                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
No 301/2                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                       12.12.67
                                REGULATION No 973/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 8 December 1967
               on the application within the Community of certain provisions of the Decision of the
               Association Council between the European Economic Community and Turkey relating
                      to the application of Article 6 of Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                Article 2
                                                               1.     Until the general system provided for in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   paragraph 6 of this Article is applied, the duties
European Economic Community;                                   applicable to the following products, originating in
                                                               and coming from Turkey, shall be those in the
                                                               Common Customs Tariff in force at the time of
Having regard to the Agreement establishing an
Association between the European Economic                      importation.
Community and Turkey ;                                              ex 08.02 A : Fresh oranges
                                                                    ex 08.02 B : Fresh mandarins and Clementines
Having regard to the Agreement on measures to be
taken and procedures to be followed for the                         ex 08.02 C : Fresh lemons .
implementation of the Agreement establishing an
Association between the European Economic                      2. While reference prices are applied, the
Community and Turkey, and in particular Article                provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply, provided that
2 ( 1 ) thereof;                                               for citrus fruit imported from Turkey prices on the
                                                               Community internal market, after customs clearance
Having consulted the Commission;                               and taking into account the adjustment factors
                                                                applicable to the various categories of citrus fruit, are
                                                                at least as high as the reference prices for the period
Whereas by its Decision No 1/67, the EEC/Turkey                in question plus the incidence of the Common
Association Council, in application of Article 6 of            Customs Tariff on such reference prices, a standard
Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement, adopted                  amount of 1-20 units of account per 100 kg and
measures to promote the marketing of certain                   transport costs and other costs of importation
Turkish products on the Community market;                      provided for in the calculation of the entry prices
whereas      the  measures     which   result   for   the
                                                               referred to in Regulation No 23 1 on the progressive
Community from this Decision should therefore be               establishment of a common organisation of the
adopted;                                                        market in fruit and vegetables, as amended by
                                                                Regulation No 65/65/EEC2.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  3 . The provisions of Article 11 of Regulation No
                                                               23 , as amended by Regulation No 65/65/EEC, shall
                                                                remain applicable.
                         Article 1
                                                               4. When exports from Turkey to the Community
                                                                exceed 10 000 metric tons of fresh oranges,
Fresh table grapes, falling within tariff sub-heading           mandarins and Clementines per year and 10 000
No 08.04 A, originating in and coming from Turkey               metric tons of fresh lemons per year and where such
shall be subject, when imported into the Community
during the period 18 June to 17 July each year, to a
customs duty equal to half the duty in the Common               1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62.
 Customs Tariff in force at the time of importation.            2 OJ No 86, 20.5.1965, p . 1458/65 .
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exports could create material difficulties for similar        applicable to the principal producers in the
exports from Member States or for long-standing               Mediterranean countries, replacing the rules laid
suppliers to the Member States, the Commission,               down by this Article.
acting on its own initiative or at the request of a
Member State, shall submit to the Council proposals
for measures to be taken. The Council shall decide by
                                                                                      Article 3
a qualified majority after consultation with Turkey.
5 . The provisions of this Article shall be                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
implemented after the Council, acting on a proposal           day following its publication in the Official Journal
from the Commission, has adopted the necessary                of the European Communities.
rules of application in accordance with the voting
procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty.              This Regulation shall remain in force until the entry
                                                              into force of the additional protocol provided for in
6. The provisions of this Article shall remain                Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the Ankara Agreement
applicable until the entry into force within the              or until the date specified in Article 1 (3 ) of that
Community of general rules for the same products              Protocol. .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 8 December 1967.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The P" resident
                                                                                 G. STOLTENBERG