NoL220/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.8.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2518/88
of10August1988
introducingacountervailingchargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
Yugoslavia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(^thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIIoriginatinginYugoslavia
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87Q,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(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;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No827/88of29
March1988fixingforthe1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIIat55,37ECUper100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofAugust1988;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof23,56ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcode08094011),ofthe
followingvarieties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,
Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginYugoslavia.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyArticle2
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,10August1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
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