CELEX: 31989R2618
Language: en
Date: 1989-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2618/89 of 29 August 1989 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Hungary

No L 252/32                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 8 . 89
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2618/89
                                                       of 29 August 1989
                 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in
                                                            Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Regulation (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 plums of group II originating in Hungary
                                                                   the entry price calculated in this way has remained at
                                                                   least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecu­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Portugal,                                                          therefore be introduced for these plums ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 19/89           and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                          tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        Article 3 (1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 (EEC) No 1636/87f),
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 916/89 of 10                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
April 1989 fixing for the 1989 marketing year the
reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for
class I, group II at 55,37 ECU per 100 kilograms net for
the month of August 1989 ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           A countervailing charge of ECU 8,90 per 100 kilograms
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at           net is applied to plums (CN code 0809 40 11 ), of the
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country             following varieties : Altesse simple (common quetsche,
concerned which are marketed on all representative                  Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage),
markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and        Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg),
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price            Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Hungary.
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 :
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 August 1989.
(l) OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                              (*) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 97, 11 . 4. 1989, p. 11 .                             («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                              0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 29 August 1989.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission