31992R3347

No L 336/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 11 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3347/92 of 19 November 1992 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of fresh 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 Whereas for fresh lemons originating in Turkey the entry Economic Community, prices calculated in this way have for six consecutive market days been alternatively above and below the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and reference price ; whereas three of these entry prices are at Portugal, least ECU 0,6 below the reference prices ; whereas a counterviling charge should therefore be introduced for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 these fresh lemons ; of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the 3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Community of certain agricultural products originating in Turkey Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 1 555/84 (8), a rate of customs duty of 4% should be provides that, if the entry price of a product imported reintroduced. from a non-member country is alternatively above and below the reference price for five to seven consecutive Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry market days a countervailing charge is introduced in price should be calculated on the following basis : respect of that non-member country, save in exceptional — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ cases ; whereas that charge is introduced when three entry tion to each other at any given moment within a band prices fall below the reference price and one of those of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central entry prices is at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ; rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the whereas that charge is equal to the difference between the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation reference price and the last available entry price by at (EEC) No 1 676/85 (®), as last amended by Regulation least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ; (EEC) No 2205/90 (,0), Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1413/92 of — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an 27 May 1992 fixing the reference price for fresh lemons . average of the ecu rates published in the Official for the 1992/93 marketing year (3) fixed the reference Journal of the European Communities, C series, over price for products of class I for the period 1 November a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ 1992 to 30 April 1993 at 47,15 ECU per 100 kilograms cient referred to in the preceding indent, net ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 1 . A countervailing charge of ECU 1,11 per 100 kilo­ which prices are available less the duties and the charges grams net is applied on imports of fresh lemons falling indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No within CN code ex 0805 30 10 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 % . according to the dispositions of Regulation (EEC) No 3133/92 of 29 October 1992 altering the entry price for certain fruits and vegetables originating in Mediterranian Article 2 third countries (4) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 1992. Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (*), as last amended by Regulation Subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph of (EEC) No 3811 /85 (6), the prices to be taken into Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this Regu­ lation shall be applicable until 26 November 1992. (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23. (3) OJ No L 146, 28 . 5. 1992, p. 71 . O OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3. (4) OJ No L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 18. (8) OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4. O OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. (9) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . H OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

20 . 11 . 92 No L 336/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission