24.8.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL248/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2558/89
of23August1989
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginArgentina
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubpargraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(J),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforapplesoriginatinginArgentinatheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseapples;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87Q,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1736/89of
19June1989fixingforthe1989/90marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIatECU40,86per100kilogramsnet
forthemonthofAugust1989;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU4,93per100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(CNcodes08081091,08081093
and08081099)originatinginArgentina.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25August1989.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil30August1989.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
0OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
OOJNoL171,20.6.1989,p.28.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23August1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission