CELEX: 31988R2783
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2783/88 of 7 September 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

8 . 9 . 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 249/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2783/88
                                                       of 7 September 1988
                  introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                               Spain (except the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the
                                                                    reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for
Economic Community,                                                 these plums ;
                                                                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
Portugal,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                         of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular the                   Article 3 (1 ) last paragraph of Regulation (EEC) No
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                           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 for 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 136 (2) of the Act of Acces­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of              sion of Spain and Portugal (8), 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 827/88 of 29
March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for        Whereas Article 140 ( 1 ) provides for a 4 % reduction in
class I, group I, at 60,11 ECU per 100 kilograms net for            the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
the month of September 1988 ;                                       (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                    Article 1
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price            A countervailing charge of 3,12 ECU per 100 kilograms
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 net is applied to plums (CN code 0809 40 1 1 and
 1035/72 ;                                                          0809 40 19), of varieties other than the following : Altesse
                                                                    simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude
Whereas, in accordance - with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation         d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter,
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche),
(EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into conside­         Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, origina­
ration must be recorded on the representative markets or,           ting in Spain (except the Canary Islands).
in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, for plums of group I originating in Spain
(except the Canary Islands), the entry price calculated in
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September
                                                                     1988 .
(') OJ   No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 85, 30. 3. 1988, p. 10.                               (6) 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 .
0   OJ   No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                           (8) 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, 7 September 1988 .
                    s                                              For the Commission
                                               *                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President