NoL309/80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities31.10.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3287/87
of30October1987
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2275/87(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;(EEC)No3811/85Q,thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthesecondindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No332/87;
Whereas,forcucumbersoriginatinginSpain(except *the
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesecucum­
bers;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/8516)aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(8)thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,ontheonehand,anewMemberState
and,ontheother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession ;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof4,58ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01PIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3November
1987.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No332/87of2
February1987fixingforthe1987marketingyearthe
referencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIat80,79ECUper100kilograms
netfortheperiod1Octoberto10November1987;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.4.
OOJNoL32,3.2.1987,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20,0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL.153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

31.10.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL309/81
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30October1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President