CELEX: 31982R1280
Language: en
Date: 1982-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1280/82 of 26 May 1982 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco

No L 148/32                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 5. 82
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1280/82
                                                     of 26 May 1982
                 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), the prices to be taken into
                                                                consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                markets    or,  in  certain   circumstances,  on   other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                with the coefficient fixed in the second indent of
Economic Community,
                                                                Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 643/82 ;
                                                                Whereas, for Moroccan tomatoes, the entry price
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    calculated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization               below the reference price for two consecutive market
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 203/82 (2), and in             be introduced for these tomatoes ;
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 :
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      relation to each other at any given moment within
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product              a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
imported from a third country remains at least 0-6                  their central rate,
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
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 643/82 of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 19 March 1982 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes
for the period 1 April to 10 July 1982 (3) fixed the
reference price for products of Class I for the month
of May 1982 at 121*79 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;                                       Article 1
                                                                A countervailing charge of 27-40 ECU per 100 kilo­
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country           grams net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for       of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
                                                                Morocco
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
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                                       Article 2
of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 1982.
(■) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 140, 20 . 5 . 1982, p. 36.                            (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
(3) OJ No L 76, 20 . 3 . 1982, p. 14.                           (*) OJ No L 301 , 22. 10 . 1981 , p . 18 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 26 May 1982.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission