CELEX: 31990R2559
Language: en
Date: 1990-09-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2559/90 of 4 September 1990 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Hungary

5. 9 . 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 242/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2559/90
                                                      of 4 September 1990
                 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in
                                                            Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 plums of group I originating in^Hungary the
                                                                   entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
                                                                   ECU below the reference ■ price for two consecutive
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Portugal,                                                          therefore be introduced for these plums ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Regulation (EEC) No 11 93/90 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                       of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 Article 3 (1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation
provides that, if the entry price "of a product imported               (EEC) No 1 676/85 (6), as last amended by Regulation
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                (EEC) No 2205/90 Q,
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference               Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  cient referred to in the preceding indent,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1523/90 of 6
june 1990, fixing for the 1990 marketing year the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for
class I, group I at 69,39 ECU per 100 kilograms net for
the month of August 1990 and at 60,71 ECU for the
month of September 1990 ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           A countervailing charge of 7,21 ECU per 100 kilograms
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at          net is applied to plums (CN codes 0809 40 1 1 and
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 080940 19), of the following varieties : Altesse simple
markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and
                                                                   (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oul­
                                                                   lins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter,
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche),
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, origina­
1035/72 :
                                                                   ting in Hungary.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
                                                                                              Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 2118/74 (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 September
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              1990.
(J) OJ  No  L 119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 43.
(') OJ  No  L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 11 .
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                             (<) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels; 4 September 1990.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission