19.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL357/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3823/87
of18December 1987
introducinganewcountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain,
excepttheCanaryIslands,andrepealingRegulation (EEC)No3745/87
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Whereastheentrypricethuscalculatedforfreshlemons
originatinginSpain,excepttheCanaryIslands,resultsin
thefixingofahighercountervailing chargethanthatlaid
downbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3745/87of
14December1987introducingacountervailing charge
onfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain,excepttheCanary
Islands(*); HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2275/87(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof, Whereas,pursuanttoArticle26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72,anewcountervailing chargeshouldbefixed
andRegulation(EEC)No3745/87shouldberepealed;
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/850,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1426/87of
25May1987fixingforthe1987/88marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIat46,95ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetfortheperiodof1November1987to30April
1988;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavalablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(')thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,onthehand,anewMemberStateand,
ontheother,theCommunity asconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession .
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(■)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.4.
(3)OJNoL136,26.5.1987,p.13.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.0OJNoL352,15.12.1987,p.37.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
OOJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

19.12.87NoL357/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : (08053010)oftheCommonCustomsTariff)originating
inSpain,excepttheCanaryIslands.
'Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19December
1987.
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3745/87ishereby
repealed.Article1
Acountervailingchargeof1,19ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(subheadingex08.02C
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President