CELEX: 31993R0003
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3/93 of 4 January 1993 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of fresh lemons originating in Turkey

5. 1 . 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 1 /5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3/93
                                                      of 4 January 1993
                introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs
                               duty on imports of fresh lemons originating in Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Turkey, the
                                                                  entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
                                                                   ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Economic Community,                                                therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Portugal,                                                          3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the
                                                                   Community of certain agricultural products originating in
                                                                   Turkey (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   1555/84 Q, a rate of customs duty of 4 % should be re­
                                                                   introduced for these fresh lemons ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                     Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
                                                                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regulation
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                (EEC) No 2205/90 ('),
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
country ;                                                               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                       Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                        a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1413/92 of                       cient referred to in the preceding indent,
27 May 1992 fixing the reference prices for lemons for
the 1992/93 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price
for products of class I for the period from November
1992 to April 1993 at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative price or the arithmetic
mean of the lowest prices recorded for at least 30 % of                                         Article 1
the quantities from the exporting country concerned
which are marketed on all representative markets for
which prices are available less the duties and the charges          1 . A countervailing charge of ECU 8,63 per 100 kilo­
indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                 grams net is applied on imports of fresh lemons (CN
1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is           code ex 0805 30 10) originating in Turkey.
defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 ;                                                          2.     The import duty on these products is fixed at 4 % .
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into                                             Article 2
consideration must be recorded on the representative
markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 1993.
0)  OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23.                              (6) OJ   No  L 367,  23. 12. 1981 , p. 3.
(3) OJ  No L 146, 28. 5. 1992, p. 71 .                             0   OJ   No  L 150,  6. 6. 1984, p. 4.
0   OJ  No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                              (8) OJ   No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                            0   OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 4 January 1993.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission