30.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropean'Communities NoL85/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No836/88
of29March1988
introducingacountervailing chargeonartichokesoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No824/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(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(*)aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1636/870,
—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,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingcharge,mustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3006/87of7
October1987fixingforthe1987/88marketingyearthe
referencepricesforartichokes(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIat78,03ECUper100kilograms
netfortheperiod1Januaryto30April1988;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof12,44ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoartichokes(code07091000ofthe
combinednomenclature )originatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands).
Article .2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31March1988.Whereas,maccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)Seepage5ofthisOfficialJournal.
(3)OJNoL285,8.10.1987,p.16.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(jOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
oOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(»)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President