CELEX: 31987R2850
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2850/87 of 24 September 1987 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of fresh lemons originating in Turkey

25. 9 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 272/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2850/87
                                                      of 24 September 1987 '
                 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 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 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 1 555/84 f), a rate of customs duty of 4% should be
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     reintroduced.
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (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 1636/87 (»),
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
country ;                                                                 these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/87 of                         previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
25 May 1987 fixing the reference price for fresh lemons
for the 1987/88 marketing year (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of September
 1987 at 55,24 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                                       Article 1
mean of the lowest prices recorded for at least 30 % of
 the quantities from the exporting country concerned                  1 . A countervailing charge of 10,27 ECU per 100 kilo­
which are marketed on all representative markets for                 grams net is applied on imports of fresh lemons falling
which prices are available less the duties and the charges           within subheading 08.02 C of the Common Customs
 indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                  Tariff originating in Turkey.
 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is
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 2118/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                                              Article 2
(EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into
 consideration must be recorded on the representative
 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;             This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 September
                                                                      1987.
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 209, 31 . 7. 1987. p. 4.                               («) OJ   No  L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3.
 0  OJ  No  L 136, 26.  5. 1987, p. 13.                              0   OJ   No  L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4.
O   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 .                             O   OJ   No  L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 24 September 1987.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President