NoL59/13 3.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No475/94
of2March1994
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
(EEC)No249/93(6),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkeytheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervilingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
TurkeyQ,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84(8),arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldberein­
troduced;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/920,as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(10),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93("),THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EC)No3669/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1319/93of
28May1993fixingthereferencepriceforfreshlemons
forthe1993/94marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1November
1993to30April1994atECU47,15per100kilograms
net:HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU1,38per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemonsfalling
withinCNcodeex08053010originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyoritheseproductsisfixedat4%.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation (EEC)No
2849/93of19October1993alteringtheentrypricefor
certainfruitsandvegetablesoriginatinginMediterranian
thirdcountries(4);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(*),aslastamendedbyRegulationArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4March1994.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil9March1994.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL338,31.12.1993,p.26.(6)OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.
0OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.
(8)OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.HOJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(")OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.0OJNoL132,29.5.1993,p.90.
(4)OJNoL261,20.10.1993,p.18.
HOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission