NoL269/20 25.9.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2794/91
of24September1991
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguay
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(^thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguay,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast
ECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90f),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1623/91(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1438/91of
30May1991fixingforthe1991/92marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofSeptember
1991atECU56,33per100kilogramsnet;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Acountervailing chargeofECU2,17per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginUruguay.
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26September
1991.
0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.
(3)OJNoL137,31.5.1991,p.25.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24September1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission