CELEX: 31985R0480
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 480/85 of 26 February 1985 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

27. 2. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 59/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 480/85
                                                   of 26 February 1985
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  markets or, in       certain   circumstances, on other
COMMUNITIES,                                                    markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                with the coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article
                                                                1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 270/85 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas, for Spanish cucumbers, the entry price
                                                                calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    below the reference price for two consecutive market
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization               days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1332/84 (2), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,                                                        Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
                                                                entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
imported from a third country remains at least 0,6                   relation to each other at any given moment within
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­                  their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,                 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge              No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
is equal to the difference between the reference price               No 855/84 0,
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
available for that exporting country ;                               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                     these currencies recorded over a given period in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 270/85 of                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
31 January 1985 fixing for the 1985 marketing year                   in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                     cient,
the reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the
reference price for products of class I for the period 21
to 28 February 1985 at 118,94 ECU per 100 kilograms
net ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for
at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                                       Article 1
sentative markets for which prices are available less the
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning               A countervailing charge of 7,36 ECU per 100 kilo­
of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of         grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                   P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
                                                                Spain.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74. (4), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 31 10/83 0, the prices to be taken into                                    Article 2
consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            1985 .
(2) OJ No  L  130, 16. 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1985, p. 42.
(4) OJ No  L  220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                         (*) JO No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 5.                          O JO No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 26 February 1985.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President