NoL313/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3131/92
of29October1992
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoffreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginTurkey,the
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesefreshlemons,
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1555/84Q,arateofcustomsdutyof4%shouldbere­
introducedforthesefreshlemons;
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,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1413/92of
27May1992fixingthereferencepricesforlemonsfor
the1992/93marketingyear(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIforthemonthofOctober1992at
ECU50,57per100kilogramsnet;
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)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85Q,thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU1,38per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoffreshlemons(CN
codeex08053010)originatinginTurkey.
2.Theimportdutyontheseproductsisfixedat4%.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31October
1992.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.
0OJNoL146,28.5.1992,p.71.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(«)OJNoL367,23.12.1981,p.3.0OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9. 0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

30.10.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL313/15
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission