CELEX: 31987R1550
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1550/87 of 3 June 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on apricots originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

No L 144/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                     4. 6. 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1550/87
                                                       of 3 June 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge on apricots originating in Spain (except the
                                                       Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      (EEC) No 381 1 /85 0, the pnces to be taken into
                                                                 consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, for apricots originating in Spain (except the
                                                                  Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                 remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
Portugal,                                                        charge should therefore be introduced for these apricots ;
                                                                 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the                 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85 (*),
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference          Whereas, pursuant to Article 136(2) of the Act of Acces­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of             sion of Spain and Portugal (*), the arrangements applicable
the last two entry prices available for that exporting             to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State
country ;                                                          and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31
                                                                   December 1985, must be those which were applicable
                                                                   before accession ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 932/87 of 31
March 1987 fixing for the 1987 marketing year the                  Whereas Article 140 (1 ) provides for a 4 % reduction in
reference prices for apricots (3) fixed the reference price        the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
 for products of class I for the period 1 to 10 June 1987 at       (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
 106,26 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 representative                                           Article 1
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       A countervailing charge of 35,92 ECU per 100 kilograms
 No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price          net is applied to apricots (subheading 08.07 A of the
 is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No               Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain (except the
 1035/72 :                                                          Canary Islands).
                                                                                              Article 2
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 June 1987.
 (') OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No  L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No  L 89, 1 . 4. 1987, p. 41 .                              (■) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                              o OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 3 June 1987.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                    Vice-President