25.8.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL249/49
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2578/89
of24August1989
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginArgentina
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubpargraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/850,thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginArgentinathe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;
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,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)No1373/89of
19May1989fixingforthe1989/90marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIatECU60,82per100kilo­
gramsnetforthemonthsofJulyandAugust1989;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU4,13per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginArgentina.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26August1989.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil31August1989.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL137,20.5.1989,p.24.
(")OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(*)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24August1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission