NoL65/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.3.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No721/86
of6March1986
introducing acountervailing chargeonbroad-leaved (Batavian)endives
originatinginSpainacceptintheCanaryIslands
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(%thepricestobetakenintoconsid­
erationmustberecordedontherepresentative markets
or,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Whereasforbroad-leaved (Batavian)endivesoriginatingin
Spain(accepttheCanaryIslands)theentrypricescalcu­
latedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutivemarketdays
beenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferenceprices;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesebroad­
leaved(Batavian)endives;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3768/85(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(0,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ; WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2910/85of
18October1985fixingforthe1985/86marketingyear
thereferencepricesforbroad-leaved (Batavian)endives(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofclassIat61,40
ECUper100kilogramsnetfortheperiodof1February
to31March1986:Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(*),thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,onthehand,anewMemberStateand,
ontheother,theCommunity asconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora2%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthefirstyearafteraccession,
(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
Is)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
J4)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
0OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9. (3)OJNoL279,19.10.1985,p.26.

7.3.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL65/35
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof15,25ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtobroad-leaved (Batavian)endives
(subheadingex07.01DIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginSpain(accepttheCanaryIslands).Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8March1986.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil13March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6March1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President