19.2.92 NoL43/21 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No390/92
of18February1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshsweetorangesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets; HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
Whereas,forfreshsweetorangesoriginatinginTurkey
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
leastECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshsweetoranges;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1623/91(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof8%shouldbe
reintroducedforthesefreshsweetoranges;WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country; Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2915/91of
3October1991fixingthereferencepriceforfreshsweet
orangesforthe1991/92marketingyear(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIfortheperiodfrom
1December1991until31May1992atECU22,75per
100kilogramsnet;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceoOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.
OOJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL150,15.6.1991,p.8.
(')OJNoL277,4.10.1991,p.8.

NoL43/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.2.92
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU4,99per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshsweetoranges
fallingwithinCNcodeex080510originatinginTurkey.2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat8%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20February
1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission