21.2.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL48/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No407/91
of20February1991
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatingintheCanary
Islands
Whereas,forcucumbersoriginatingintheCanaryIslands
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
leastECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/90O,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined ,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4ofProtocol2tothe
ActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,theproducts,
includingcucumbersspecifiedinAnnexAtothe
Protocol,qualifyforpreferentialarrangements ,subjectto
thetariffquotadeterminedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3414/90(8)concerningcertainadjustmentstothe
arrangementsapplicabletotheCanaryIslands,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3920/90(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No222/91of30
January1991fixingfrthe1991marketingyearthe
referencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfortheperiod11to20February
1991atECU144,61per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
Nowhereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceisdefined
inArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(5),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No222/91;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
WhencucumbersfallingwithinCNcodes07070011
and07070019andoriginatingintheCanaryIslandsare
imported,acountervailing chargeshallbelevied,the
amountofwhichshallbefixedatECU2,93per100kilo­
gramsnetweight.
Howeverthischargeshallnotbeleviedonquantities
importedintoSpainwithinthetariffquotasfixedby
Regulation(EEC)No3414/90.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22February
1991.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20February1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission