CELEX: 31983R0655
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 655/83 of 22 March 1983 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

23 . 3 . 83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 77/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 655 /83
                                                       of 22 March 1983
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     don (EEC) No 3011 /81 (5), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                   consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                   markets     or, in  certain   circumstances ,  on  other
                                                                   markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                   with the coefficient fixed in the first subparagraph of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas, for Spanish cucumbers, the entry price
                                                                   calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   below the reference price for two consecutive market
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
                                                                   days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
                                                                   be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738 /82 (2), and in
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 :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                relation to each other at any given moment within
imported from a third country remains at least 0,6                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                      their central rate ,
 market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
is equal to the difference between the reference price                  these currencies recorded for a given period in
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
 available for that exporting country ;                                 in the previous indent,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 of
 3 February 1983 fixing the reference price for cucum­
 bers for the 1983 marketing year (3) fixed the reference
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price for products of Class I for the month of March
 1983 at 105,69 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                                      Article 1
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for
 at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 A countervailing charge of 7,87 ECU per 100 kilo­
 sentative markets for which prices are available less the          grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01
 duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of              P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                  Spain .
 of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1035 /72 ;
                                                                                            Article 2
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March
 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              1983 .
 (2) OJ No L 190, 1 . 7. 1982, p. 7.
 (') OJ No L 33 , 4 . 2 . 1983 , p. 14 .
 (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            O 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, 22 March 1983 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission