11.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL68/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No543/94
of10March1994
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsofapplesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,WhereasforapplesoriginatinginTurkeytheentrypnces
calculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareatleastECU
0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasacounterviling
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseapples;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(%asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof8%shouldberein­
troduced;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(10),HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No3669/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1640/93of
28June1993fixingthereferencepriceforapplesforthe
1993/94marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIatECU52,73per100kilogramsnet
forthemonthofMarch1994;Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU2,44per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsofapplesfallingwithin
CNcode08081031,08081033,08081039,08081051,
08081053,08081059,08081081,08081083and
08081089)originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat8%.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:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12March1994.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil17March1994.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No249/93(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets:
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL338,31.12.1993,p.26.
(3)OJNoL157,29.6.1993,p.8.(6)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission