CELEX: 31981R2112
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-25
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2112/81 of 24 July 1981 introducing a countervailing charge on pears originating in Spain

No L 205/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            25. 7 . 81
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2112/81
                                                       of 24 July 1981
                     introducing a countervailing charge on pears originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   tion (EEC) No 668 /78 (*), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                     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 Spanish pears, the entry price calculated
                                                                 in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU below the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     reference price for two consecutive market days ;
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                introduced for these pears ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (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                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
1 0.35/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product              relation to each other at any given moment within
imported from a third country remains at least 0-6                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                     their effective parity,
market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge               these currencies recorded for a given period in
is equal to the difference between the reference price                relation to the Community currencies referred to
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                  in the previous indent,
available for that exporting country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1710/81
of 26 June 1981 fixing, for the 1 98 1 /82 marketing
year, the reference prices for pears (3) fixed the
reference price for products of Class I for the month             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of July 1981 at 33-49 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
                                                                                          Article 1
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
sentative markets for which prices are available less the         A countervailing charge of 1-53 ECU per 100 kilo­
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24(3) of              grams net is applied to pears other than perry pears
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                 (subheading ex 08.06 B II of the Common Customs
of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of           Tariff) originating in Spain.
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                                     Article 2
 tion (EEC) No 2118 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
 (') OJ No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972,  p. 1.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 1981 .
(2)  OJ No  L 118 , 30 . 4. 1981 , p. 1.
o    OJ No  L 170,  27.  6. 1981 , p. 22.
(4)  OJ No  L 220,  10 . 8. 1974,  p. 20 .                        0 OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978, p. 5.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 24 July 1981
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                     Gaston THORN