NoL46/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.2.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No459/88
of18February1988
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No223/88(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;(EEC)No3811/85(^thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No332/87;
Whereas,forcucumbersoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesecucum­
bers;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateof-exchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(*)aslastamendedbyRegulation(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)providesfora6%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthethirdyearafteraccession,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof17,10ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtocucumbers(CNcodes07070011and
07070019)originatinginSpain(excepttheCanary
Islands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20February
1988.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No297/88of1
February1988fixingfor»the1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIat143,36ECUfortheperiod11to
20February1988per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL23,28.1.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL30,2.2.1988,p.12.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(*)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNo,L153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

19.2.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL46/27
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President