28.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL359/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4081/88
of27December 1988
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbe
reintroduced .
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1386/88of
20May1988fixingthereferencepriceforfreshlemons
forthe1988/89marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofDecember
1988at47,15ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/850,thepricestobetakeninto
(').OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL128,21.5.1988,p.21.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof3,98ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemonsfalling
withinCNcodeex08053010originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29December
1988.
(6)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallhebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27December1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President