NoL308/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.11.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3240/85
of19November 1985
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginRomania
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,rationmustberecordedontherepresentativemarketsor,
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;whereasitis
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficientfixed
inArticle1(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No751/85;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Whereas,fortomatoesoriginatinginRomaniatheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforthesetomatoes :HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1332/84(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforin
Article2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No974/71(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No855/840,
forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No751/85of22
March1985fixingforthe1985/86marketingyearthe
referencepricesfortomatoes(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfrom1Octoberto20December
1985at45,53ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;Acountervailing chargeof11,52ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtotomatoes(subheading07.01Mofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginRomania.
Article2 Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3110/83(*),thepricestobetakenintoconside­
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21November
1985. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL130,16.5.1984,p.1.
(3)OJNoL81,23.3.1985,p.20.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.5.(6)JONoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
OJONoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

20.11.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL308/9
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19November1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President