CELEX: 31973R0026
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 26/73 of the Commission of 4 January 1973 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Spain

No L 5 /26                             Official Journal of tihe European Communities                                5 . 1 . 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 26/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 4 January 1973
                     applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to certain varieties of sweet
                                                  oranges originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      on the representative markets of the Community
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      with the lowest quotations ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  Whereas the conversion factors, the transport costs
pean Economic Community ;                                           and import charges other than customs are those
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                      used for the purpose of calculating the entry price
2047/70 i 1 ) of 13 October 1970 on imports of citrus              refered to in Regulation No 1035/72 ; whereas the
fruit originating in Spain, and in particular Article 5             metod of calculating import charges other than
thereof;                                                            customs duties is, for certain cases, defined in
                                                                    Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2047/70 ;
Whereas Article 7 of Annex 1 to the agreement
between the European Economic Community and                        Whereas application of these rules to quotations
Spain provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports                recorded for sweet oranges imported into the
into the Community of certains citrus fruit                         Community and originating in Spain indicates that
originating in Spain ; whereas, during the period in                the conditions set out in the first paragraph of
which reference prices are applied, this reduction is              Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2047/70 are
dependent on the observance of a specified price on                 fulfilled, for the varieties listed in Article 2 ( 1 ) ( c)
the Community market, whereas detailed rules for                    of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2522/72 ( 4) fixing reference
the application of this system are contained in                    prices for sweet oranges ; whereas the duty in the
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2047/70 ;                                     Common Customs Tariff should, therefore, be
Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to                  applied to the products in question ;
provisions of Regulation No 23 which were
incorporated in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1035 /72 (2) of 18 May 1972 on the common
organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables,                                            Article 1
as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2454/72 ( 3 );
whereas, in this case, reference should be made to                  As from 6 January 1973 , the duty in the Common
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 /72, in accordance with                  Customs Tariff shall be applied to fresh sweet
the Table which appears in Annex IV thereto ;                       oranges of the following varieties ( subheading ex
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 2047/70 provides                      08.02 A I of the Common Customs Tariff) im­
that, where one of the products listed in Article 1                 ported into the Community and originating in Spain :
of that Regulation is imported, the duty in the                     Biondo comune (Blanca comuna, comune), Grano
Common Customs Tariff is applied where quotations                   de oro ( Imperial, Sucrena ), Baladi, Pera, Macetera,
for that product, converted where necessary to                      Pineaapple, Blood oval (Dobblefina, Double fine ),
Class I in accordance with the provisions of the                    Portuguese sanguines, Sanguina redonda ( Entre-fina ),
Article 24 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 /72                  Surinam varieties and the ordinary Sanguina variety,
recorded on the representative Community markets                    with the exception of Navel sanguines ( improved
at the importer/wholesaler stage or converted to that               double fine, Washington sanguina , Sanguina grande)
stage, adjusted by the conversion factors and                       and Maltese sanguines .
following deduction of transport costs and import
charges other than customs duties, remain lower                                                Article 2
than the reference price in force, plus the incidence
of the Common Customs Tariff on that price and                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
a standard amount fixed at T2 units of account per                 of its publication in the Official Journal of the
100 kilogrammes, for three consecutive market days                 European Communities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 4 January 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                S. L. MANSHOLT
(») OJ No L 228 , 15 . 10 . 1970 , p. 2 .
H OJ No L 118 , 20.5 . 1972 , p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 266 , 25 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 .                          ( 4 ) OJ No L 270, 1 . 12 . 1972 , p. 63 .