NoL143/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.6.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1542/91
of6June1991
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginIsrael
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(6),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginIsrael,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforthesefreshlemons:
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointhepreviousindent,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1438/91of
30May1991fixingforthe1991/92marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(')fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofJune1991
atECU54,59per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation
(EEC)No3982/89of20December1989alteringthe
entrypriceforcitrusfruitoriginatingincertainMediterra­
nianthirdcountries(4);whereasthemeaningofrepresen­
tativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/740,aslastamendedbyHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU2,59per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginIsrael
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8June1991.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL375,31.12.1990,p.17.
(>)OJNoL137,31.5.1991,p.25.
(4)OJNoL380,29.12.1989,p.24.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.•(«)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
("OJNoLi01,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission