NoL123/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.5.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1204/89
of3May1989
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstandsecondindentsofArticle
1(2)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No674/89;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84f),whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof11%should
bereintroduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeofECU2per100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1010/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No674/89of16
March1989fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1989marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofApril1989atECU
197,27per100kilogramsnetandforthemonthofMay
1989atECU136,75per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85Q,thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
' Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU3,73per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinCNcode070200originatinginTurkey.
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Article2 2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe11%withaminimumchargeofECU
2per100kilogramsnetuntil14May1989andshallbe
18%withaminimumchargeofECU3,5per100kilo­
gramsnetasfrom15May1989. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5May1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3May1989,
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission