NoL303/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.11.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3222/85
of15November 1985
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginPortugal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1332/84(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,rationmustberecordedontherepresentativemarketsor,
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;whereasitis
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficientfixed
inArticle1(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No751/85;
Whereas,forapplesoriginatinginPortugaltheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedfortheseapples;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforin
Article2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No974/71(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No855/84Q,
—forothercurrencies ,*anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1849/85of2
July1985fixingforthe-1985/1986marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofNovember1985at
43,20ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;Acountervailing chargeof3,71ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(subheading08.06AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginPortugal.
Article2 Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3110/83(*),thepricestobetakenintoconside-
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19November
1985. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.L
(2)OJNoL130,16.5.1984,p.1.
3)OJNoL174,4.7.1985,p.18.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.5.(«)JONoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.hJONoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15November1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President