Council Regulation (EC) No 1191/96 of 26 June 1996 amending, in respect of sour cherries, Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1191/96 of 26 June 1996 amending, in respect of sour cherries, Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Part III, Section I, Annex 2 in the combined nomenclature, which constitutes Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), contains the list of products to which an entry price applies and also, in respect of each of those products, the scale of entry prices used for the tariff classification of imported products and for determining the import duties applicable; whereas the application of the said entry prices in the case of sour cherries, products which are used almost exclusively by the processing industry, can represent an excessive burden for the industry; whereas lower entry prices should therefore be set for those products; whereas the entry price to be fixed must take into account in particular the average unit values recorded in trade over a representative period; whereas the ad valorem autonomous rates of duties for those products should also be reduced to the same level as the ad valorem conventional rates of duties;
Whereas the period of importation for sour cherries starts on 15 June; whereas, in order to allow the industry to be supplied under normal conditions from the beginning of the processing period, the necessary transitional measures have been adopted in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/95 of 17 July 1995 adopting certain transitional measures relating to the entry price arrangements applicable to sour cherries (2),