24.5.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL140/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1400/89
of23May1989
introducingacountervailing chargeonauberginesoriginatinginSpain
(excepttheCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85Q,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)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sion,thearrangementsapplicabletotradebetween,onthe
onehand,anewMemberStateand,ontheother,the
Communityasconstitutedat31December1985,mustbe
thosewhichwereapplicablebeforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora8%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthefourthyearafteraccession,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No673/89of16
March1989fixingforthe1989marketingyearthe
referenceprices-foraubergines(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIforthemonthofMay1989at82,00
ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof6,19ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoaubergines(CNcode07093000)origi­
natinginSpain(excepttheCanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25May1989. Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL73,17.3.1989,p.12.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

NoL140/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.5.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission