NoL262/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.9.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)Nd2739/87
of11September1987
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain
(excepttheCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2275/87(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forfreshlemonsoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthisway
hasremainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesefresh
lemons;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1636/870;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugalQ,thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,ontheonehand,anewMemberState
and,ontheother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,WhereasArticle'25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1426/87of
25May1987fixingforthe1987/88marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofSeptember
1987at55,24ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1,37ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(subheading08.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15September
1987.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.4.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.i.oOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.(3)OJNoL136,26.5.1987,p.13.
(4OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11September1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President