CELEX: 31987R2108
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/87 of 16 July 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina

No L 196/70                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   17. 7. 87
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2108/87
                                                            of 16 July 1987
                    introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into
                                                                      consideration must be recorded on the representative
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Argentina the
Portugal,                                                              entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
                                                                       ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                       therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1926/87 (2), and in particular the                Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                         price should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                    tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (*), as amended by Regulation
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                    (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
country ;                                                                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                            tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/86 of                           previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/ 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the months of July and
August 1987 at 59,98 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
                                                                                                  Article 1
 least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and             A countervailing charge of 8,66 ECU per 100 kilograms
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)            net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading 08.02 C of the
 No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price               Common Customs Tariff) originating in Argentina.
 is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 ;
                                                                                                  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 18 July 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 16 July 1987.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
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