CELEX: 31987R0366
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 366/87 of 5 February 1987 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of lemons originating in Turkey

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 366/87
                                                     of 5 February 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs
                                  duty on imports of lemons originating in Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, for 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 market
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Portugal,                                                        introduced for these lemons ;
                                                                 Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                 Community of certain agricultural products originating in
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by           Turkey (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the          1 555/84 Q, a rate of customs duty of 4% should be
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                   reintroduced.
                                                                 Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
Whereas Article 25(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
                                                                 price should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the               of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­             rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference             last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of               (EEC) No 1676/85 (8),
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;                                                        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1661 /86 of                   tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
29 May 1986 fixing the reference price for lemons for the            previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
1986/87 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for
products of class I for the period from November 1986 to
April 1987 at 45,00 ECU 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       A countervailing charge of 7,30 ECU per 100 kilograms
indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No               net is applied on imports of lemons falling within
1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is         subheading 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff
defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 originating in Turkey.
1035/72 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                                       Article 2
(EEC) No 381 1 /85 0, the prices to be taken into
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February 1987.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
m OT No L 119. 8 . 5. 1986. o. 46 .
(3) OJ No L 145, 30. 5. 1986, p. 39.                             («) OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3.
(4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            f) OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4.
Is) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 5 February 1987.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President