NoL336/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.11.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3347/92
of19November 1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkeytheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervilingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
TurkeyQ,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84(8),arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbe
reintroduced .
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(®),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(,0),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
.averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(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)No1413/92of
27May1992fixingthereferencepriceforfreshlemons
forthe1992/93marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1November
1992to30April1993at47,15ECUper100kilograms
net;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation(EEC)No
3133/92of29October1992alteringtheentrypricefor
certainfruitsandvegetablesoriginatinginMediterranian
thirdcountries(4);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(6),thepricestobetakenintoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU1,11per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemonsfalling
withinCNcodeex08053010originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21November
1992.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil26November1992.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.
(3)OJNoL146,28.5.1992,p.71.
(4)OJNoL313,30.10.1992,p.18.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.OOJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.
(8)OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(9)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.HOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19November1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission