12.2.87 OfficialjournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL42/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No424/87
of11February1987
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsofapplesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,rationmustberecordedontherepresentativemarketsor,
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forTurkishapplestheentrypricecalculatedin
thiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseapples;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84(^whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsofapplesinTurkey,atthe
sametimeitreintroducesfortheproductinquestionthe
conventionalrateofcustomsduty;whereas,therefore,a
rateofcustomsdutyof8%shouldbereintroducedfor
theseapples,withaminimumchargeof2,30ECUper
100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1351/86(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2034/86of
30June1986fixingthereferencepriceforapplesforthe
1986/87marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofFebruary1987at
50,21ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72; i
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakenintoconsideHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof4,33ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsofapplesfallingwithin
subheading08.06AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatinginTurkey.
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL119,8.5.1986,p.46.
0OJNoL173,1.7.1986,p.52.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.nOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(«)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.

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2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe8%withaminimumchargeof2,30
ECUper100kilogramsnet.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13February
1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11February1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President