CELEX: 31988R0216
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 216/88 of 26 January 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Morocco

27 . 1 . 88                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 21 / 19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 216/88
                                                          of 26 January 1988
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (EEC) No 3811 /85 (% 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 fresh lemons originating in Morocco 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 fresh lemons ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                       price should be calculated on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3910/87 (2), and in particular the                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
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
                                                                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     No 1676/85 C5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                     No 1636/87 0,
 from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the
 reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                   tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting
 country ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/87 of
 25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/ 1988 marketing year the               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
 price for products of class I for the period November
  1987 to April 1988 at 46,95 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                                  Article 1
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
 equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at
 least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country                A countervailing charge of 11,35 ECU per 100 kilograms
 concerned which are marketed on all representative                     net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading 0805 30 10 of
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and             the combined nomenclature) originating in Morocco.
 the charges 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 ;
                                                                                                  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 28 January
                                                                        1988 .
  (') OJ No L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No L  370,  30.  12. 1987, p. 33.                              0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1
  (3) OJ No L  136,  26.  5. 1987, p. 13.                               (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  (4) OJ No L  220,  10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                             0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 26 January 1988 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President