NoL71/20 17.3.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No656/90
of16March1990
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginEgypt
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginEgyptthe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast
ECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshsweetoranges;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbe.calculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(^aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(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)No3104/89of
16October1989fixingforthe1989/90marketingyear
thereferencepricesforfreshsweetoranges(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1
December1989to31May1990atECU22,66per100
kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)'ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72accordingtothedispositionsofRegulation
(EEC)No3982/89of20December1989alteringthe
entrypriceforcitrusfruitoriginatingincertainMediter­
ranianthirdcountries(4);whereasthemeaningofrepre­
sentativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(*),aslastamendedbyRegulationHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU2,42per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshsweetoranges(CNcode
ex080510)originatinginEgypt.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20March1990.r
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL298,17.10.1989,p.10.
(4)OJNoL380,29.12.1989,p.24.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(»)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16March1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission