CELEX: 31988R2676
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2676/88 of 29 August 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Portugal

30 . 8 . 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 239/25
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2676/88
                                                       of 29 August 1988
                      introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (^ the prices 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 tomatoes originating in Portugal, the entry
                                                                    price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
                                                                    below the reference price for two consecutive market
                                                                    days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  introduced for these tomatoes ;
Portugal,
                                                                    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                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                  of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular the
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 1 676/85 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1636/87 0,
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 272 (1 ) of the Act of Acces­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of              sion of Sp§in and Portugal (8), during the first stage of the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting              transition period, the arrangements applicable to trade
country ;
                                                                    between, on the one hand, a new Member State and, on
                                                                    the other, the Community as constituted at 31 December
                                                                    1985, must be those which were applicable before acces­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 of 18                 sion ;
March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price        Whereas Article 316 provides for a 6 % reduction in the
for products of class I for the period 11 July to 31 August         countervailing charges applicable under Regulation (EEC)
1988 at 41,24 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;                           No 1035/72 during the third year after accession,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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)
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           A countervailing" charge of 1,81 ECU per 100 kilograms
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                net is applied to tomatoes (CN code 0702 00) originating
1035/72 ;
                                                                   in Portugal .
                                                                                              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 31 August 1988.
(') OJ   No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .                            («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 74, 19. 3. 1988, p. 51 .                            O OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                           (*) 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, 29 August 1988 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President