30.8.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL239/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2677/88
of29August1988
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
Bulgaria
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIoriginatinginBulgariathe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2238/88(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;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No827/88of29
March1988fixingforthe1988marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIat69,39ECUper100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofAugust1988;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24.(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article1
Acountervailingchargeof24,64ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcodes08094011and
08094019),ofthefollowingvarieties:Altessesimple
(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Clauded'Oul­
lins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,origina­
tinginBulgaria.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(^thepricestobetakenArticle2
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29August1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President