27.11.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL327/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3397/90
of26November 1990
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkeytheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsevenconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervilingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey0,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84(8),arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbe
reintroduced .
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3.(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(9),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(10),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1193/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1488/90of
31May1990fixingthereferencepriceforfreshlemons
forthe1990/91marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1November
1990to30April1991at47,15ECUper100kilograms
net;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation (EEC)No
3146/90of30October1990alteringtheentrypricefor
certainfruitsandvegetablesoriginatinginMediterranian
thirdcountries(4);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(^aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(6),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.AcountervailingchargeofECU6,37per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemonsfalling
withinCNcodeex08053010originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28November
1990.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraph of
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil3December1990.0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL119,11.5.1990,p.43.
3)OJNoL140,1.6.1990,p.99. 0OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.
(8)OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.(4)OJNoL302,31.10.1990,p.41.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.¥)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26November1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission