CELEX: 31988R1277
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1277/88 of 10 May 1988 applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to fresh lemons originating in Israel

No L 121 /48                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                      11 . 5. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1277/88
                                                        of 10 May 1988
                    applying the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to fresh lemons originating in
                                                              Israel
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        calculating the entry price referred to in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1035/72 ; whereas the method of calculating import
                                                                     charges other than customs duties is, for certain cases,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75 ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it should be
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 calculated on the following basis :
  Portugal,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                           tion to each other at any given moment within a band
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75                     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
' of 26 June 1975 on imports of fresh lemons originating                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
  in Israel ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof ;                     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council
                                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (4), as amended by
                                                                           Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 Q,
  Whereas Article 8 of Protocol I to the Agreement                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  between the European Economic Community and Israel                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  provides for a reduced rate of duty on imports into the                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
  Community of fresh lemons originating in Israel ;                        tion to the 'Community currencies referred to in the
  whereas, during the period in which reference prices are                 previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
  applied, this reduction is dependent on the observance of
  a specified price on the Community market ; whereas
  detailed rules for the application of this system are              Whereas application of these rules to quotations recorded
  contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75 ;                          for lemons imported into the Community and originating
                                                                      in Israel indicates that the conditions set out in the first
                                                                      paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75
  Whereas, in certain respects, these rules refer to provi­           are fulfilled ; whereas the duty in the Common Customs
   sions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May             Tariff should, therefore, be applied to the products in
   1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit             question,
   and vegetables (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
   No 1 1 17/88 (3) ;
   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1627/75 provides that,
   where products are imported, the duty in the Common                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   Customs Tariff is applied where quotations for that
   product, in accordance with the provisions of Article
   24(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 recorded on the
   representative Community markets at the importer/                                             Article 1
   wholesaler stage or converted to that stage, adjusted by the
   conversion factors and following deduction of import
   charges other than customs duties, remain lower than the           As from 12 May 1988 the duty in the Common Customs
   reference price in force, plus the incidence of the                Tariff shall be applied to fresh lemons (CN code
   Common Customs Tariff on that price and a standard                  ex 0805 30 10) imported into the Community and origi­
   amount fixed at 1,2 units of account ( 1,44 ECU) per 100
                                                                       nating in Israel.
   kilograms, for three consecutive market days on the repre­
   sentative markets of the Community with the lowest
   quotations ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
   Whereas the conversion factors and import charges other
    than customs duties are those used for the purpose of
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 May 1988.
   (') OJ No L 165, 28. 6. 1975, p. 9.
   (2) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
   (3 OJ No L 107, 28 . 4. 1988, p. 1 .                                n OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 121 /49
           This   Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 10 May 1988 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President