CELEX: 31987R0545
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 545/87 of 24 February 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

25. 2. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities          /                   No L 55/23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 545/87
                                                     of 24 February 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except
                                                     the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (EEC) No 3811 /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 artichokes 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
                                                                  two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                charge should therefore be introduced for these arti­
Portugal,                                                         chokes ;
                                                                  Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              price should be calculated on the following basis :
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
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                      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
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                      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
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
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 3212/86 of
22 October 1986 fixing for the 1986/87 marketing year             Whereas Article 140 (1 ) provides for a 4 % reduction in
the reference prices for artichokes (3) fixed the reference       the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
price for products of class I for the period 1 January to 30      (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
April 1987 at 78,03 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                                     Article 1
concerned which are marketed on all representative
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        A countervailing charge of 2,69 ECU per 100 kilograms
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       net is applied to artichokes (subheading 07.01 L of the
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price          Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain (except the
is defined in Article 24 (2) , of Regulation (EEC) No             Canary Islands).
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 26 February
                                                                   1987 .
(') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2  OJ  No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 299, 23. 10. 1986, p. 21 .                           («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No L 220,  10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                            0 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, 24 February 1987.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President