17.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL348/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3943/88
of16December 1988
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsofapplesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,rationmustberecordedontherepresentativemarketsor,
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forTurkishapplestheentrypricecalculatedin
thiswayhasremainedatleastEcu0,6belowthereference
pricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
apples;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(%asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84Q,whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsofapplesinTurkey,atthe
sametimeitreintroducesfortheproductinquestionthe
conventionalrateofcustomsduty;whereas,therefore,a
rateofcustomsdutyof8%shouldbereintroducedfor
theseapples,withaminimumchargeofEcu2,30per100
kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(»),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(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)No1789/88of
24June1988fixingthereferencepriceforapplesforthe
1988/89marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofDecember1988at
Ecu45,63per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantities ,fromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofEcu9,97per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsofapples(CNcode
08081091)originatinginTurkey.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85f),thepricestobetakenintoconside
(6)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.oOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNo.L198,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL158,25.6.1988,p.18.b)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

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2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe8%withaminimumchargeofEcu
2,30per100kilogramsnet.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20December
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President