NoL158/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.6.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1640/85
of17June1985
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginPoland
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1332/84(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)
thereof,considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No270/85;
Whereas,forPolishcucumbers,theentrypricecalcu­
latedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECUbelow
thereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/840,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangerate*basedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,andtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No270/85of
31January1985fixingforthe1985marketingyear
thereferencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIforthemonthof
June1985at61,99ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthe
dutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaning
ofrepresentativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof36,13ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01
PIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Poland.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3110/830,thepricestobetakenintoArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19June
1985.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL130,16.5.1984,p.1.
(3)OJNoL28,1.2.1985,p.42.
(<)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.5.(*)JONoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.f)JONoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17June1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President