5.2.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No246/86
of4February1986
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginPoland
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3768/85(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3110/83(*),thepricestobetakenintoconsid­
erationmustberecordedontherepresentative markets
or,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforapplesoriginatinginPolandtheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferenceprices;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseapples;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(6),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;
WhereasunderthetermsofArticle394(3)oftheActof
AccessionofSpainandofPortugalQthearrangements
applicabletotradebetweenanewMemberStateandthe
Community asconstitutedon31December1985are
thosethatappliedbeforeaccession,WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1849/85of2
July1985fixingforthe1985/86marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforJanuary1986at47,08ECUper100
kilogramsnetandat48,83ECUper100kilogramsnet
forFebruary1986;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof2,91ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(subheading08.06AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginPoland.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6February1986.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraph of
Article26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil11February1986.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.
(3)OJNoL174,4.7.1985,p.18.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.5.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
MOJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9,

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President