15.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL151/83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1676/91
of14June1991
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginArgentina
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(6),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginArgentina,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast
ECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(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;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,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1438/91of
30May1991fixingforthe1991/92marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofJune1991
atECU54,59per100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72accordingtothedispositionsofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3982/89of20December1989alte­
ringtheentrypriceforcitrusfruitoriginatingincertain
Mediterranianthirdcountries(4);whereasthemeaningof
representativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72;Acountervailing chargeofECU3,50per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginArgentina.
Article2Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(%aslastamendedby
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18June1991.
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL375,31.12.1990,p.17.0OJNoL137,31.5.1991,p.25.
(4)OJNoL380,29.12.1989,p.24.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

NoL151/84 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.6.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14June1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission