NoL164/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.6.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1690/89
of14June1989
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain(excepttheCanaryIslands)
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereas
acountervailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofCurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofRegulation(EEC)No
1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sion(8),thearrangementsapplicabletotradebetween,on
theonehand,anewMemberStateand,ontheother,the
Communityasconstitutedat31December1985,mustbe
thosewhichwereapplicablebeforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora8%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthefourthyearafteraccession;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No916/89of10
April1989fixingforthe1989marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupI,at69,39ECUper100kilogramsnetfor
theperiodfrom11Juneto31August1989;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakenintoconside­
rationmustberecordedontherepresentative marketsor,
incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIoriginatinginSpain
(excepttheCanaryIslands),theentrypricecalculatedin
thiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECUbelowtheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3,46ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcode08094011and
08094019),ofvarietiesotherthanthefollowing:Altesse
simple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Claude
d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,origina­
tinginSpain(excepttheCanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16June1989.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL97,11.4.1989,p.11. (6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(*)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14June1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission