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12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL344/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3543/90
of7December 1990
fixingfortherestofthe1990/91marketingyeartheCommunityofferpricesfor
broad-leaved (Batavian)endivesapplicablewithregardtoSpain
Communityofferpricecannotexceedthereferenceprice
appliedforthirdcountries;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,Whereas,inordertotakeaccountofseasonalvariationsin
prices,themarketingyearshouldbedividedintooneor
moreperiodsandaCommunityofferpriceshouldbe
fixedforeachofthem;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)No3709/89,theproducerpricestobeusedforthe
determination oftheCommunityofferpricearetobe
thoseofadomesticproductdefinedbyitscommercial
characteristics recordedontherepresentative marketor
marketslocatedintheproductionareaswherepricesare
lowestforproductsorvarietiesrepresentingaconsider­
ableproportionofproductionmarketedthroughoutthe
yearorduringapartofthelatterandwhichmeetQuality
ClassIrequirementsandconditionslaiddownasregards
packaging;whereastheaveragepriceforeachrepresenta­
tivemarketmustbeestablishedafterdisregardingprices
whichmaybeconsideredexcessivelyhighorexcessively
lowcomparedwiththenormalfluctuationsrecordedon
themarket;whereas,moreover,iftheaveragepricefora
MemberStateshowsexcessivevariationswithrespectof
normalpricefluctuations ,itshallnotbetakeninto
account:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3709/89
of4December1989layingdowngeneralrulesforimple­
mentingtheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalas
regardsthecompensation mechanismonexportsoffruit
andvegetablesoriginatinginSpain('),andinparticular
Article4(1)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3815/89(2)
laysdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
compensation mechanismtoimportsoffruitandvege­
tablesfromSpain;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle152oftheActofAccession,
acompensation mechanismistobeintroducedon
importsintotheCommunity asconstitutedat31
December1985,hereinafterreferredtoasthe'Commu­
nityofTen',from1January1990,offruitandvegetables
fromSpainforwhichareferencepriceisfixedwith
regardtothirdcountries;whereas,Communityoffer
pricesforbroad-leaved (Batavian)endivescomingfrom
Spainshouldbefixedonlyduringtheperiodwherethe
referencepricesarefixedwithregardtothirdcountries,
thismeansfrom15Novemberuptoandincluding31
Marchofthefollowingyear;
Whereas,theCommunityofferpricesforbroad-leaved
(Batavian)endivesapplicablewithregardtoSpainforthe
period15Novemberto31December1990werefixedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3128/90(3);
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle152(2)(a)oftheAct
ofAccession,aCommunityofferpriceistobecalculated
annuallyonthebasisofthearithmeticmeanofthe
producerpricesineachMemberStateoftheCommunity
ofTen,plustransportandpackagingcostsincurredbythe
productsfromtheproductionregionstotherepresenta­
tiveconsumptioncentresoftheCommunityandbearing
inminddevelopmentsinthecostofproductioninthe
fruitandvegetablesector;whereastheabovementioned
producerpricescorrespondtotheaveragepricesrecorded
duringthethreeyearsprecedingthedateoffixingofthe
Communityofferprice;whereas,however,theannualWhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No784/90of29
March1990fixingthereducingcoefficientforagricultural
pricesinthe1990/91marketingyearasaresultofthe
monetaryrealignmentof5January1990andamending
thepricesandamountsfixedinecusforthatmarketing
year(4)establishesthelistofpricesandamountstowhich
thecoefficient1,001712isappliedintheframeworkof
thearrangements ontheautomaticdismantlement of
negativemonetarygaps;whereasthepricesandamounts
fixedinecusbytheCommissionforthe1990/91market­
ingyearmusttakeaccountoftheresultingreduction;
whereasthisreducingcoefficientshallapplytotheprices
referredtoabove;
Whereastheapplicationoftheabovementioned criteria
resultsinCommunityofferpricesbeingfixedforbroad­
leaved(Batavian)endivesapplicablewithregardtoSpain
fortheperiod1Januaryto31March1991atthelevels
setouthereinafter ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
(')OJNoL363,13.12.1989,p.3.
(2)OJNoL371,20.12.1989,p.28.
(3OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.24. (4)OJNoL83,30.3.1990,p.102.

NoL344/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.90
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortherestofthe1990/91marketingyear,theCommu­
nityofferpricesforbroad-leaved (Batavian)endives(CN
code07052900)applicablewithregardtoSpain,expressedinecusper100kilogramsnetofpacked
productsofClassI,ofallsizes,shallbeasfollows:
—1Januaryto31January1991: 57,30,
—1Februaryto31March1991: 60,01.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission