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( 1 ) OJ NO L 171 , 4 . 8 . 1970 , P . 10 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 32 , 3 . 2 . 1978 , P . 7 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2044/79

OF 18 SEPTEMBER 1979

ESTABLISHING THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE VALUE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES FOR CITRUS FRUITS TO BE APPLIED DURING THE PERIODS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1979/80 IMPORTING SEASON

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1570/70 OF 3 AUGUST 1970 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES FOR CITRUS FRUITS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1570/70 LAYS DOWN THAT THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES TO BE APPLIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE IMPORTING SEASON ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES OF THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIODS OF APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING SEASON ;

WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE RULES AND CRITERIA MEANS THAT THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES TO BE APPLIED DURING THE PERIODS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1979/80 IMPORTING SEASON FOR THE CITRUS FRUITS LISTED SHOULD BE AS INDICATED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE STANDARD AVERAGE VALUES TO BE APPLIED DURING THE PERIODS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1979/80 IMPORTING SEASON FOR THE CITRUS FRUITS LISTED IN THE ANNEX ARE HEREBY FIXED AS SHOWN THEREIN .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 SEPTEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION