CELEX: 31987R0424
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 424/87 of 11 February 1987 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of apples originating in Turkey

12. 2. 87                                 Official journal of the European Communities                              No L 42/37
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 424/87
                                                       of 11 February 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs
                                     duty on imports of apples originating in Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         ration 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 Turkish apples the entry price calculated in
                                                                    this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the
                                                                    reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for
Portugal,                                                           these apples ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                    3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by              Community of certain agricultural products originating in
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the             Turkey (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1 555/84 (^ when the Commission introduces a counter­
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,
                                                                    vailing charge on imports of apples in Turkey, at the
                                                                    same time it reintroduces for the product in question the
Whereas Article 25(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               conventional rate of customs duty ; whereas, therefore, a
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported             rate of customs duty of 8 % should be reintroduced for
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the             these apples, with a minimum charge of 2,30 ECU per
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­            1 00 kilograms net ;
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­            Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference            price should be calculated on the following basis :
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
country ;                                                                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 coefficient provided for in the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2034/86 of                        last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
30 June 1986 fixing the reference price for apples for the              (EEC) No 1676/85 (8),
1986/87 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for
products of class I for the month of February 1987 at               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
50,21 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is                 previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
equal to the lowest representative price or the arithmetic
mean of the lowest prices recorded for at 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 the charges
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is
defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 ;                                i
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation            1 . A countervailing charge of 4,33 ECU per 100 kilo­
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                grams net is applied on imports of apples falling within
(EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into conside           subheading 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff
                                                                     originating in Turkey.
(>) OJ  No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 119,  8 . 5. 1986, p. 46.
0   OJ  No L 173,  1 . 7. 1986, p. 52.                              («) OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3.
(4) OJ  No L 220,  10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                           0 OJ No L 150 , 6 . 6 . 1984, p. 4.
n   OJ  No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985 , p. 1 .                            8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
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2.   The rate of customs duty on imports of these                                      Article 2
products shall be 8 % with a minimum charge of 2,30
ECU per 100 kilograms net.                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 February
                                                               1987 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 11 February 1987.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President