NoL58/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.3.82
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No488/82
of1March1982
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain
tion(EEC)No3011/81(*),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No303/82;
WhereasforcucumbersfromSpaintheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareatleast
0-6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;whereasacoun­
tervailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
cucumbers ;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—incaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithina
bandof2*25%arateofexchangebasedontheir
centralrate,
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1116/81(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromanon-membercountryisalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferencepriceforfivetoseven
consecutivemarketdaysacountervailing chargeis
introducedinrespectofthatnon-membercountry,
saveinexceptionalcases;whereasthatchargeisintro­
ducedwhenthreeentrypricesfallbelowthereference
priceandoneofthoseentrypricesisatleast0-6ECU
belowthereferenceprice;whereasthatchargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
lastavailableentrypricebyatleast0-6ECUbelowthe
referenceprice;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No303/82of
9February1982fixing,forthe1982marketingyear,
thereferencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofClassIfortheperiod
21Februaryto31March1982at96-75unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltotheaverageofthelowestrepresentative
pricesrecordedforatleast30%ofthequantitiesfrom
theexportingcountryconcernedwhicharemarketed
onallrepresentativemarketsforwhichpricesare
available,lessthedutiesandthechargesreferredtoin
Article24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
whereasthemeaningofrepresentativepriceisdefined
inArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof2*42ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01
PIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Spain.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3March
1982.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil8
March1982. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL118,30.4.1981,p.1.
(3)OJNoL37,102.1982,p.12.
(*)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. OOJNoL301,22.10.1981,p.18.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1March1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission