NoL21/58 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.1.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No193/90
of25January1990
introducingacountervailing chargeoncabbagelettucesoriginatinginthe
UnitedStatesofAmerica
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforcabbagelettucesoriginatingintheUnited
StatesofAmericatheentrypricescalculatedinthisway
haveforsevenconsecutivemarketdaysbeenalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferenceprice;whereasthreeof
theseentrypricesareatleastECU0,6belowthereference
prices;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldtherefore
beintroducedforthesecabbagelettuces;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85.(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No-1119/89(^andinparticularthe
secondsubpargraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
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 :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU4,49per100kilograms
netisappliedtocabbagelettuces(CNcode07051110)
originatingintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3103/89of
16October1989fixingforthe1989/90marketingyear
thereferencepricesforcabbagelettuces(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIatECU75,60per
100kilogramsnetforthemonthsofJanuaryand
February1990;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27January
1990.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil1February1990.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL298,17.10.1989,p.8.
4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
if)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25January1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission