NoL277/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.10.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2904/90
of8October1990
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginSouthAfrica
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1193/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forapplesoriginatinginSouthAfricatheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailingchargeshouldthereforebe
introducedfortheseapples;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(%aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90O,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1840/90of
29June1990fixingforthe1990/91marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIatECU43,78per100kilogramsnet
forthemonthofOctober1990;
Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU14,39per100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(CNcodes08081091,08081093
and08081099)originatinginSouthAfrica.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10October
1990.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL119,11.5.1990,p.43.
OOJNoL168,30.6.1990,p.12.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8October1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission