8.10.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL285/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3012/87
of7October1987
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2275/87(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepriceswiththe
coefficientfixedinthesecondindentofArticle1(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No332/87;
Whereas,forcucumbersoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesecucum­
bers;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(^aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1636/87Q,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSpainandPortugal(8)thearrangementsapplicable
totradebetween,ontheonehand,anewMemberState
and,ontheother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31
December1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicable
beforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof5,14ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01PIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff)originatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9October1987.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No332/87of2
February1987fixingforthe1987marketingyearthe
referencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIat80,79ECUper100kilograms
netfortheperiod1Octoberto10November1987;
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
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL209,31.7.1987,p.4.0OJNoL32,3.2.1987,p.11.
I4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
I6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
QOJNoL.153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

NoL285/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.10.87
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7October1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President