19.1.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL14/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No131/91
of18January1991
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginEgypt
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(6),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginEgyptthe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast
ECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshsweetoranges;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(J),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3009/90of
18October1990fixingforthe1990/91marketingyear
thereferencepricesforfreshsweetoranges(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1
December1990to31May1991atECU22,75per100
kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation
(EEC)No3982/89of20December1989alteringthe
entrypriceforcitrusfruitoriginatingincertainMediter­
ranianthirdcountries(4);whereasthemeaningofrepre­
sentativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;Acountervailing chargeofECU8,52per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshsweetoranges(CNcode
ex080510)originatinginEgypt.
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74aslastamendedbyRegulationThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22January
1991.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL375,31.12.1990,p.17.
3)OJNoL287,19.10.1990,p.8.
(4)OJNoL380,29.12.1989,p.24.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(*)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

NoL14/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.1.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18January1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission