26.6.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL171/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1640/92
of25June1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsofcherriesoriginatinginTurkey
Whereas,forTurkishcherries,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesecherries;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsofcherriesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof15%should
bereintroduced forthesecherries,withaminimum
chargeofECU3per100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85f),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1156/92(2),andinparticularthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No956/92of15
April1992fixingthereferencepriceforcherriesforthe
1992;marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofJune1992atECU
125,70per100kilogramsnet;
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)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(%thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU6,80per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsofcherriesfallingwithin
CNcode080920originatinginTurkey.
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(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.0OJNoL102,16.4.1992,p.27.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
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NoL171/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.6.92
2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe15%withaminimumchargeofECU
3per100kilogramsnetfrom1Mayto15July1992.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27June1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25June1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission