29.11.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL327/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3460/91
of28November 1991
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginPoland
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1623/91(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No802/91;
Whereas,fortomatoesoriginatinginPolandtheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforthesetomatoes;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No802/91of27
March1991fixingforthe1991marketingyearthe
referencepricesfortomatoes(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfortheperiodfrom1Octoberto20
December1991atECU46,47per100kilogramsnet;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:WhentomatoesfallingwithinCNcode070200and
originating vinPolandareimported,acountevailing
chargeshallbelevied,theamountofwhichshallbefixed
atECU6,74per100kilogramsnetweight.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(5),thepricestobetakenArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30November
1991. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.
(3)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.33.if)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission