2.3.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL50/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No474/93
of1March1993
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No249/93(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbere­
introducedforthesefreshlemons;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3819/92(9),WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1413/92of
27May1992fixingthereferencepricesforlemonsfor
the1992/93marketingyear(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfortheperiodfromNovember
1992toApril1993atECU47,15per100kilogramsnet; Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU6,97per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemons(CN
codeex08053010)originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3March1993. Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.0OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.
(6)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
8OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1. 0OJNoL146,28.5.1992,p.71.
4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. 0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1March1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission