13.4.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL94/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No815/94
of12April1994
introducingacountervailing chargeandsuspendingthepreferentialcustoms
dutyonimportsoftomatoesoriginatinginTurkey
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesetomatoes;
Whereas,inArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3671/81of15December1981onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1555/84(7),whentheCommissionintroducesacounter­
vailingchargeonimportsoftomatoesoriginatingin
Turkey,atthesametimeitre-introducesfortheproduct
inquestiontheconventional rateofcustomsduty;
whereas,therefore,arateofcustomsdutyof11%should
bere-introduced forthesetomatoes,withaminimum
chargeofECU2per100kilogramsnet;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(l0),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94("),THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EC)No3669/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No703/94of29
March1994fixingthereferencepricefortomatoesforthe
1994marketingyear(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofApril1994atECU
197,27per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative priceorthearithmetic
meanofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30%of
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesandthecharges
indicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative priceis
definedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No249/93(%thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forTurkishtomatoes,theentrypricecalculated
inthiswayhasremainedatleastECU0,6belowtheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeofECU55,68per100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedonimportsoftomatoesfalling
withinCNcode070200originatinginTurkey.
2.Therateofcustomsdutyonimportsofthese
productsshallbe11%withaminimumchargeofECU
2per100kilogramsnet.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14April1994.
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(7)OJNoL150,6.6.1984,p.4.
(*)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
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NoL94/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.94
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission