27.1.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No189/89
of26January1989
introducingacountervailing chargeonmandarinesoriginatinginMorocco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubpargraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85Q,thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasformandarinesoriginatinginMoroccotheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesareat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesemandarines ;
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
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrelar­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3270/88of
24October1988fixingforthe1988/89marketingyear
thereferencepricesformandarines(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIatECU59,57per100kilo­
gramsnetfortheperiod1December1988to28February
1989:Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU2,42per100kilograms
netisappliedtomandarines(CNcodeex08052010)
originatinginMorocco.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28January
1989.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil2February1989.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.J.0OJNoL291,25.10.1988,p.45.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.J2.1985,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission