20.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL350/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3962/88
of19December 1988
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginCyprus
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginCyprustheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubpargraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1386/88of
20May1988fixingforthe1988/89marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIatECU47,15per100kilo­
gramsnetfortheperiodfromNovember1988toApril
1989:Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU2,39per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginCyprus.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21December
1988.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil26December1988.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL128,21.5.1988,p.21.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1988. ,
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President