NoL208/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.7.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2176/89
of19July1989
introducingacountervailing chargeonpearsoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1119/89(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(5),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forpearsoriginatinginSpain(exceptthe
CanaryIslands)theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0,6ECUbelowthereferencepricefor
twoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesepears;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87f);
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle136(2)oftheActofAcces­
sion(8),thearrangementsapplicabletotradebetween,on
theonehand,anewMemberStateand,ontheother,the
Communityasconstitutedat31December1985,mustbe
thosewhichwereapplicablebeforeaccession;
WhereasArticle140(1)providesfora4%reductionin
thecountervailing chargesapplicableunderRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72duringthesecondyearafteraccession,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1764/89of
20June1989fixingforthe1989/90marketingyearthe
referencepricesforpears(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIat46,78ECUper100kilogramsnet
forthemonthofJuly1989;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1,32ECUper100kilograms
netisappliedtopears(CNcodes08082031,08082033,
08082035and08082039)originatinginSpain(except
theCanaryIslands).
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July1989.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL172,21.6.1989,p.27.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.OOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.f)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19July1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission