NoL90/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.4.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No918/88
of6April1988
introducingacountervailing chargeonauberginesoriginatinginSpain
(excepttheCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables0,aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No824/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/850,thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forauberginesoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseauber­
gines;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/850,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)Nq1636/87Q,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal0,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
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No724/88of18
March1988fixingforthe1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesforaubergines0fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIforthemonthofApril1988at
87,72ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichprices'areavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof31,22ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoaubergines(CNcode07093000)origi­
natinginSpain(excepttheCanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8April1988.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/740,aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL85,30.3.1988,p.5.0OJNoL74,19.3.1988,p.53.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.oOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President