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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1619/92
of24June1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthethirdindentofArticle1(2)(a)of
Regulation(EEC)No655/92;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84f),whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof18%should
bereintroduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeofECU3,5per100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90O,
—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)No1156/92(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)No655/92of16
March1992fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1992;marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofJune1992atECU
99,96per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
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;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU24,31per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinCNcode070200originatinginTurkey.
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2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe18%withaminimumchargeofECU
3,5per100kilogramsnetfrom15May1992.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26June1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24June1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission