CELEX: 31988R0987
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-15
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 987/88 of 14 April 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

15. 4. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 98 /41
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 987/88
                                                        of 14 April 1988
                  introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except
                                                      the Canary Islands)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (5), the prices to be taken 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 artichokes originating in Spain (except the
                                                                    Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                    remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for
                                                                    two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 charge should therefore be introduced for these arti­
 Portugal,                                                          chokes ;
                                                                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               price should be calculated on the following basis :
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 0, and in particular the                    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
 second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85 (6) as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 No 1636/87 0,
 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
 between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of            Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 36 (2) of the Act of Acces­
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting             sion of Spain and Portugal (8) the arrangements applicable
country ;                                                          to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State
                                                                   and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31
                                                                    December 1985, must be those which were applicable
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3006/87 of 7                before accession ;
October 1987 fixing for the 1987/88 marketing year the
reference prices for artichokes (3) fixed the reference price      Whereas Article 140 (1 ) provides for a 6 % reduction in
for products of class I at 78,03 ECU per 100 kilograms             the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
net for the period 1 January to 30 April 1988 ;                    (EEC) No 1035/72 during the third year after accession,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative                                               Article 1
markets for which prices are available less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        A countervailing charge of 17,10 ECU per 100 kilograms
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           net is applied to artichokes (code 0709 1 0 00 of the
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                combined nomenclature) originating in Spain (except the
 1035/72 ;                                                         Canary Islands).
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation               This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1988 .
(') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              0   OJ  No  L  368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) See page 5 of this Official Journal.                           (*) OJ  No  L  164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 285, 8 . 10. 1987, p. 16.                             0   OJ  No  L  153, 13.  6. 1987, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            («) 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, 14 April 1988 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President