28.2.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL51/71
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No525/86
of27February1986
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatingintheCanary
Islands
erationmustberecordedontherepresentative markets
or,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforcucumbersoriginatingintheCanaryIslands
theentrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconse­
cutivemarketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesecucumbers ;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(<),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle1(5)ofProtocol2to
theActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalf),the
CommunitymustapplyinitstradewiththeCanary
Islands,forproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheEEC
Treaty,thegeneralarrangementswhichitappliesinits
foreigntrade;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4ofthesaid
Protocol,theproducts,includingcucumbers,specifiedin
AnnexAtothePrtotocol,qualifyforpreferentialarrange­
ments,subjecttothetariffquotaopenedbywayof
CommunityRegulation(EEC)No3806/85(8);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3768/85(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferenceprice;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No237/86of3
February1986fixingforthe1986marketingyearthe
referencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIforJanuary1986at122,42ECU
per100kilogramsnetfortheperiodof21to28February
1986;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3811/85(0,thepricestobetakenintoconsid­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeshallbeappliedasfollowsinthe
caseofimportsofcucumbers(subheading07.01PIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatingintheCanary
Islands:
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.0OJNoL29,4.2.1986,p.15.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(*)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.
8)OJNoL367,31.12.1985,p.44.

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—14,39ECUper100kgnetinrespectofatotalquan­
titynotexceedingthatofthetariffquotaopenedby
wayofRegulation(EEC)No3806/85;
—14,68ECUforallotherquantities.Inallcasesthecountervailing chargeshallnotbeapplied
inrespectofimportsintoSpainwithinthetariffquota
openedbywayofRegulation(EEC)No3806/85.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President