CELEX: 51978PC0481
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Date: 1978-09-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) suspending application of the condition to which the importation into the Community of certain types of citrus fruit originating in Spain is subject by virtue of the Agreement between the Community and that country (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(78)481 final
                                             Brussels , 28 September 1978
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                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
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               suspending application of the condition to which
               the importation into the Community of certain types
               of citrus fruit originating in Spain is subject by
               virtue of the Agreement between the Community and
                                 that country
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                As a result of the entry into- force -of the agreements between                    *
    the European Economic Community and certain countries of the Mediterranean
    basin ( Israel , Algeria , Tunisia , Morocco , Egypt , Lebanon , Syria and Jordan )
    and the entry into force on 1 July of the supplementary Protocol to
    the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic
    Community and the Republic of Cyprus ,- the so-called agreed price on the
    Community market no longer has to be observed for the appli cation of the
    tariff concession, provided for in respect of imports into the Community
   of fresh oranges , mandarins ( including tangerines dnd satsumas ),
    Clementines , wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating «in the
   above-mentioned countries .      . ,                      ■      r' '      *
               With regard to Spain , pending adaptation of the 1970 Agreement ,
:\,similar unilateral provisions suspending the agreed price were laid down
   in respect* of the above-mentioned products .            These measures are applicable
   until 31 December 1978 ( Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2365 / 77 of 28
   October 1977 , extended b$ Regulation ( EEC ) No . '3017 / 77 ) .              ;    •  •
            The negotiations with 'Spain are still in progress.' Pending their-. '
                         * ■                                              '                 *    #
   conclusion , provision should now be made for extending Regulation ( EEC )
   No . 2365 / 77 beyond 31 December 19-78        respect of Spaing These measures^
 , are based on Article 43 of the Treaty and require consultation . of- the
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   European Parliament .                  J
        '  '         ■. V ' . '         "     - '              "                ' - ... ' "V ' ■ .
  ^ V          If the negotiations should 'be condluded in time for implementing
   measures to enter -into force on 1 January 1979 , such provisions would
   replace this draft ;      ;              :             ,     •    *■:
               The Commission therefore presents to the Council this proposal
   for. a Regulation ; the object of which is to suspend the agreed price for
   certain types of citrus fruit originating in Spain, from 1 January to
   31 December 1979 .                ,                  '         >     ,   "
 ---pagebreak---                                       Proposal for        ■ .                              '
                       . COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )            .   ' " '       '
        suspending application of the condition to whi ch the importation
              intothe Community of fcertain types of citrus fruit
           originating in Spain is subject" by vi rtue of the Agreement
                    . between the Community and that country                 "       - : -
THE COUNCIL . OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES-
Having . regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic" Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof ^                                     '
Having regard to the proposal frqm the Commission /
                                                        ^     . . Π )
Having regard to the ppimon of the European Parliament                    ,
Whereas Article 7(2 ) and ( 3 ) of . Annex 1 to the Agreement between the 7
                     .     '     ..   ...       (2) .                          . . .
European Economic Community and Spain               lays down in respect'of imports
                    r        ■                '       -                  '
info the Community of certain types of fresh citrus fruit falling within
subheading 08.02 A I or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
in the above-mentioned country          arrangements involving a tariff reduction
subject, during the period of application of the reference price , to the \
observance of a specified price on the Community internal market ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2047 / 70 of 13 October 1970 on imports
of citrus "fruit originating in Spain ^"^ la-id down detailed rules for
applying these provisions ;         ,
( 1 ).                         • -
      0J                 •   , -
<2 > 0J NO . L 182, 16.8.1970, P. 4
(3 ) 0J NO . L 228. 15.10.1970, p. 2
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the validity of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2365 / 77 of 28
October 1977 suspending application of the conditions to which the
importation into the Community of certain types of citrus fruit originating
in Spain and Cyprus is subject by virtue of the Agreements between the
                                   ( 4)
Community and those countries            was extended by Regulation ( EEC )
No . 3017 /77 ^^ unti I 31 December 1978 ;
Whereas the supplementary Protocol to the Agreement establishing an
Association between , the European Economic Community and the Republic
of Cyprus entered into force on 1 July 1978 ^; whereas the negotiations
for the widening of the scope of the - Agreement currently in force with
Spain have not yet been completed and it is therefore necessary , in order
to avoid any change in the arrangements applicable to trade in the products
in'question , to extend the validity of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2365 / 77 on the
" agreed " price for certain types of fresh citrus fruit falling within
subheading 08.02 A I or ex B of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
in Spain .                                     '
                                   é,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       0J No . L 277 , 29.10.1977 , p. 6
 ( 5 ) 0J No . L 355 , 31.12.1977, p. 41
 ( 6 ) 0J No . L 172 , 28.6.1978 , p. " 2
 ---pagebreak---                 ,              \                       Article 1
              For the following products :
                       1 CCT                       r–                         ––n
                           heading         -                          Description of goods        •       1
                       | no.               . |1' ■"                       ' ■ ■              * '
                            .08.02 '                   Citrus .fruit , fresh or dried :
                                                            A. Oranges :
                             .
                                                                   I. Sweet oranges , fresh .
                                 :  : .                 ex B. Fresh mandarins ( including               '
                                                                   tangerines and sa-tsumas );
                        ■    '       ■         ■                   fresh Clementines , wilkings            1
                          •    - ..          ■                     and other similar citrus
                                                   J               hybrids
originating in Spain , application of the provisions of Article 7(2 ). and                                           .
( 3 ) of Annex I to the ' Agreement between the European Economic Community
and Spain is hereby suspended.                                                        > . ■ ' * .   '
                                                       Arti cíe 2             •
      ;      .Application of Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2047 / 70 is - hereby suspended . .
in respect of the products listed in Article 1- originating in Spain.' 1 ,
                                                       Article 3
          *       •                                         .                                                      '
This Regulation; shall enter into force on the third day following its-,-
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .                                           It shall
apply from 1 January                           untl I " 31 December 1979 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable ;
in all Member States .                   .             •.                  V                  J .     '        « -
           » ►,                        ,    *        •+       . ''     '                '   - '
Done at             i.             Y' ;.         '                          , . For the Council
                                                                          •     The President
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  which the importation into the Community of certain types of citrus fruit originating
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   3 . LEGAL BASIS l
                                   Article A3 of the Treaty
   4 « OBJECTIVES î
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