12.4.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL91/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No911/91
of11April1991
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)(a)of
Regulation(EEC)No802/91;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/840,whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitreintroducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventionalrateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof11%should
bereintroduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeofECU2per100kilogramsnet;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(9),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No802/91of28
March1991fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1991;marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofApril1991atECU
197,27per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepriceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(%thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU65,70per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinCNcode070200originatinginTurkey.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL375,31.12.1990,p.17 (6)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.
OOJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.(3)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.33.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(s)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

NoL91/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.4.91
Article2 2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe11%withaminimumchargeofECU
2per100kilogramsnetuntil14May1991andshallbe
18%withaminimumchargeofECU3,5per100kilo­
gramsnetasfrom15May1991. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13April1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11April1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission