Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/96 of 13 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2375/96 of 13 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 23 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1890/96 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 provides that the standard import values are to cease to apply where no average representative price has been communicated to the Commission for seven consecutive days; whereas, where, pursuant to those provisions, no standard import value applies to a given product, provision should be made for the standard import value applicable to that product to be equal to the last average of the standard values in force; whereas it should also be made clear that the use as a standard import value of the last unit value within the meaning of Articles 173 to 176 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2153/96 (6), is to be limited to the beginning of each period of application set out in the Annex to that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,