25.5.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL130/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1372/91
of24May1991
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginIsrael
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertain-circumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No802/91;
Whereas,fortomatoesoriginatingintheCanaryIslands
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesetomatoes;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90(7),
—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)No802/91of27
March1991fixingforthe1991marketingyearthe
referencepricesfortomatoes(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIforthemonthofMay1991atECU
136,75per100kilogramsnet;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:WhentomatoesfallingwithinCNcode070200and
originatinginIsraelareimported,acountevailingcharge
shallbelevied,theamountofwhichshallbefixedat
ECU24,80per100kilogramsnetweight.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85('),thepricestobetakenArticle2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28May1991.0OJNoL375,31.12.1990,p.17.
(3)OJNoL82,28.3.1991,p.33.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission