31.7.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL217/115
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2189/92
of30July1992
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguay
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguaythe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecu­
tivemarketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/850,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1413/92of
27May1992fixingforthe1992/93marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthsofJulyand
August1992atECU60,82per100kilogramsnet;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU2,40per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginUruguay.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August1992.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraph of
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil6August1992.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.
(3)OJNoL146,28.5.1992,p.71.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30July1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission