4.6.88NoL139/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1553/88
of3June1988
introducingacountervailingchargeonapricotsoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1117/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
.marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forapricotsoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseapricots;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrective,factorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87Q,
—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,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No828/88of29
March1988fixingforthe1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapricots(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfortheperiodfrom1to10June
1988at106,26ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailingchargeof31,46ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoapricots(CNcode08091000)origin­
atinginSpain(excepttheCanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7June1988.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
I1)OJNoL107,28.4.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL85,30.3.1988,p.12.
(*)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3June1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President