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NoL275/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.10.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3089/88
of6October1988
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginPortugal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forapplesoriginatinginPortugal,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailingchargeshouldthereforebe
introducedfortheseapples;
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,pursuanttoArticle272(1)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(8),duringthefirststageofthe
transitionperiod,thearrangementsapplicabletotrade
between,ontheonehand,anewMemberStateand,on
theother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31December
1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicablebeforeacces­
sion;
WhereasArticle316providesfora6%reductioninthe
countervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72duringthethirdyearafteraccession,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1789/88of
24June1988fixingforthe1988/89marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofOctober1988at
43,78ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof7,76ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(CNcodes08081091,08081093
and08081099)originatinginPortugal.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8October1988.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL158,25.6.1988,p.18.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(*)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels,6October1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President