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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3507/88
of10November 1988
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsofmandarins,includingtangerinesandsatsumas,Wilkingsand
othersimilarcitrushybrids,withtheexceptionofClementinesoriginatingin
Turkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(5),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Whereas,formandarins,includingtangerinesand
satsumas,Wilkingsandothersimilarcitrushybrids,with
theexceptionofClementinesoriginatinginTurkey,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesemandarins,including
tangerinesandsatsumas,Wilkingsandothersimilarcitrus
hybrids,withtheexceptionofClementines ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(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;Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/8417),arateofcustomsdutyof5,6%shouldbe
reintroduced :
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3198/88of
18October1988fixingthereferencepriceformandarins,
includingtangerinesandsatsumas,Wilkingsandother
similarcitrushybrids,withtheexceptionofClementines
forthe1988/89marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIfrom1November1988to28
February .1989at27,51ECUper100kilogramsnet;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(»),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges­
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72; 0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
C)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.oOJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL284,19.10.1988,p.20.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : CNcodes08052030,08052050,08052070and
08052090originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat5,6%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12November
1988.Article1
1.Acountervailingchargeof3,97ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsofmandarins,including
tangerinesandsatsumas,Wilkingsandothersimilarcitrus
hybrids,withtheexceptionofClementinesfallingwithin
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10November1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President