25.2.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities/ NoL55/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No545/87
of24February1987
introducingacountervailing chargeonartichokesoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1351/86(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forartichokesoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypriceCalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesearti­
chokes;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(*),thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,ontheonehand,anewMemberState
and,ontheother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3212/86of
22October1986fixingforthe1986/87marketingyear
thereferencepricesforartichokes(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIfortheperiod1Januaryto30
April1987at78,03ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2),ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:Article1
Acountervailing chargeof2,69ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoartichokes(subheading07.01Lofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26February
1987.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2OJNoL119,8.5.1986,p.46. 0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.(3)OJNoL299,23.10.1986,p.21.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.

NoL55/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.2.87
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24February1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President