20.9.88NoL260/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2887/88
of19September1988
introducingacountervailingchargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain
(excepttheCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/850,thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets; HavingregardtotheTreaty,establishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricescalculatedinthisway
haveforfiveconsecutivemarketdaysbeenalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferenceprice;whereasoneof
theseentrypricesareatleast0,6ECUbelowthereference
prices;whereasacountervailingchargeshouldtherefore
beintroducedforthesefreshlemons;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Whereasjifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepricefor.fivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailingchargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1386/88of
20May1988fixingforthe1988/89marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforSeptember -1988at55,48
ECUper100kilogramsnet;Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(8),thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,ontheonehand,anewMemberState
and,ontheother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession;Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora6%reductionin
thecountervailingchargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthethirdyearafteraccession,
(<)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
HOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.b)OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL128,21.5.1988,p..21.

20.9.88OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL260/49
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailingchargeof0,99ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginSpain(excepttheCanaryIslands).Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21September1988. r
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil26September1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberMates.
DoneatBrussels,19September1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
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