31988R3977

21 . 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 351 /27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3977/88 of 20 December 1988 abolishing the countervailing charge and re-establishing a preferential customs duty on imports of fresh lemons originating in Turkey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, fixed at zero ; whereas the conditions specified in the second indent of Article 26(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1035/72 are therefore fulfilled and the countervailing Economic Community, charge on imports of these products originating in Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain und Turkey ; Portugal, Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of Council Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 tion (EEC) No 3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the into the Community of certain agricultural products market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by originating in Turkey f7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular the No 1 555/84 (8), the preferential rate of customs duty second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, should be re-established at the same time as the counter­ vailing charge is abolished, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/88 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3898/88 (4), intro­ duced a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : in Turkey and suspended the preferential customs duty on imports of these products '; Article 1 Whereas the present trend of prices for these products on the representative markets referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/88 is hereby repealed. Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (s), recorded or calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of that Article 2 Regulation, indicates » that the application of the first subparagraph of Article 26 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 1035/72 would result in the countervailing charge being 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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