31988R3507

11 . 11 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 306/65

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3507/88 of 10 November 1988 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of mandarins, including tangerines and satsumas, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, with the exception of Clementines originating in Turkey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (5), the prices to be taken Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European into consideration must be recorded on the representative Economic Community, markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets :

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas, for mandarins, including tangerines and satsumas, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, with the exception of Clementines originating in Turkey, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular the therefore be introduced for these mandarins, including second subparagraph of Article 27(2) thereof, tangerines and satsumas, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, with the exception of Clementines ;

Whereas Article 25(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ 3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the Community of certain agricultural products originating in exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ Turkey (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference 1 555/84 17), a rate of customs duty of 5,6% should be between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of reintroduced : the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ;

Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3198/88 of price should be calculated on the following basis : 18 October 1988 fixing the reference price for mandarins, including tangerines and satsumas, Wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, with the exception of Clementines — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ for the 1988/89 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I from 1 November 1988 to 28 tion to each other at any given moment within a band February .1989 at 27,51 ECU per 100 kilograms net ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regulation Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is (EEC) No 1636/87 (»), equal to the lowest representative price or the arithmetic mean of the lowest prices recorded for at least 30 % of — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative markets for arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ which prices are available less the duties and the charges­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient, 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; 0 OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . C) OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3. (') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . o OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 198 , 26. 7. 1988 , p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 284, 19 . 10 . 1988 , p. 20. 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

11 . 11 . 88 No L 306/66 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : CN codes 0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70 and 0805 20 90 originating in Turkey. 2. The import duty on these products is fixed at 5,6 % . Article 1

1 . A countervailing charge of 3,97 ECU per 100 kilo­ Article 2 grams net is applied on imports of mandarins, including tangerines and satsumas, Wilkings and other similar citrus This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 November 1988 . hybrids, with the exception of Clementines falling within

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 10 November 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President