NoL308/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.10.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3181/89
of24October1989
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbe
reintroduced .
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1373/89of
19May1989fixingthereferencepriceforfreshlemons
forthe1989/1990marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofOctober
1989at50,28ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakenintoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof2,64ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemonsfalling
withinCNcodeex08053010originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26October
1989.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
3OJNoL137,20.5.1989,p.24.(*)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.4OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

25.10.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL308/11
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission