NoL187/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.7.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2138/86
of8July1986
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;whereasitis
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficientfixed
inthethirdindentofArticle1(2)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)
No985/86;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/840,whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof18%should
bereintroduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeof3,50ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1351/86(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No985/86of4
April1986fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1986marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIfortheperiod1Juneto10July1986
at99,96ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(%thepricestobetakenintoconside­
rationmustberecordedontherepresentativemarketsor,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof23,82ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinsubheading07.01MoftheCommonCustoms
TarifforiginatinginTurkey.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
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2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe18%withaminimumchargeof3,50
ECUper100kilogramsnet.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10July1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8July1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President