23.4.92 NoL105/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No996/92
of22April1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)(a)of
Regulation(EEC)No655/92;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/840,whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof11%should
bereintroduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeofECU2per100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(9),
—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)No1623/91(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No655/92of16
March1992fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1992;marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofApril1992atECU
197,27per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85Q,thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU29,22per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinCNcode070200originatinginTurkey.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.
(3)OJNoL70,17.3.1992,p.10.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(4)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.oOJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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Article2 2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe11%withaminimumchargeofECU
2per100kilogramsnetuntil14May1992andof18%
withaminimumchargeofECU3,5per100kilograms
netfrom15May1992. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24April1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22April1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission