31992R3385

No L 344/24 26 . 11 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3385/92 of 25 November 1992 introducing a new countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Turkey, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3347/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, countervailing charge than that laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3347/92 of 19 November 1992 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons Economic Community, originating in Turkey (6) ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and No 1035/72, a new countervailing charge should be fixed Portugal, and Regulation (EEC) No 3347/92 should be repealed ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the 3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Community of certain agricultural products originating in Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the Turkey Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, 1 555/84 (8), a rate of customs duty of 4 % should be rein­ troduced ; Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the price should be calculated on the following basis : reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the tion to each other at any given moment within a band exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ the last two entry prices available for that exporting tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ country ; tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (10),

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1413/92 of — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an 27 May 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the average of the ecu rates published in the Official reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference Journal of the European Communities, C series, over price for products of class I at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilo­ a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ grams net for the period from 1 November 1992 to 30 cient referred to in the preceding indent, April 1993 ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative Article 1 markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) 1 . A countervailing charge of ECU 3,78 per 100 kilo­ No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price grams net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 0805 30 10) originating in Turkey. 1035/72 ; 2. The import duty on these products is fixed at 4 % . Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (-*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; 1992.

Whereas the entry price thus calculated for fresh lemons Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3347/92 is hereby originating in Turkey, results in the fixing of a higher repealed.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 271 , 27. 9. 1991 , p. 41 . (2) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23 . O OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3. (3) OJ No L 146, 28 . 5. 1992, p. 71 . (*) OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20. C) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . H OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

26. 11 . 92 No L 344/25 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission