NoL231/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.8.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2491/87
of17August1987
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
Yugoslavia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIIoriginatinginYugoslavia
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoc.onsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient,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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No931/87of31
March1987fixingforthe1987marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIIat55,12ECUper100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofAugust1987;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof6,63ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariff),ofthefollowingvarieties:
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,
RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangen­
heimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),Mirabelleand
Bosniche,originatinginYugoslavia .
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3811/85(5),thepricestobetakenArticle2
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17August1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President