30.8.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL239/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2676/88
of29August1988
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginPortugal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2238/88(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,(EEC)No3811/85(^thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,fortomatoesoriginatinginPortugal,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailingchargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforthesetomatoes;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle272(1)oftheActofAcces­
sionofSp§inandPortugal(8),duringthefirststageofthe
transitionperiod,thearrangementsapplicabletotrade
between,ontheonehand,anewMemberStateand,on
theother,theCommunityasconstitutedat31December
1985,mustbethosewhichwereapplicablebeforeacces­
sion;
WhereasArticle316providesfora6%reductioninthe
countervailingchargesapplicableunderRegulation(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)No723/88of18
March1988fixingforthe1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesfortomatoes(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forproductsofclassIfortheperiod11Julyto31August
1988at41,24ECUper100kilogramsnet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing "chargeof1,81ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtotomatoes(CNcode070200)originating
inPortugal.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31August1988.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
OOJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.1.0OJNoL74,19.3.1988,p.51.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(*)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29August1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President