25.1.89OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL20/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No168/89
of24January1989
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshsweetorangesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
|EconomicCommunity,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets:HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,whereasforfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginTurkeythe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshsweetoranges;
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;Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(%asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1555/84f),arateofcustomsdutyof8%shouldberein­
troducedforthesefreshsweetoranges;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3253/88of
21October1988fixingthereferencepriceforfreshsweet
orangesforthe1988/89marketingyear(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIfortheperiodfrom
1December1988until31May1989atECU22,66per
100kilogramsnet;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article12.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat8%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26January
1989.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil31January1989.1.Acountervailing chargeofECU3,22per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshsweetoranges
fallingwithinCNcodeex080510originatinginTurkey.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24January1989.
Forthe.Commission
RayMAGSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission