CELEX: 31987R2499
Language: en
Date: 1987-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2499/87 of 18 August 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay

No L 232/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  19 . 8 . 87
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2499/87
                                                         of 18 August' 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          (EEC) No 381 1 /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 Uruguay 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 2275/87 (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
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                    tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
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
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
 country ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/86 of
 25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/ 1988 marketing year the
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price for products of class I for the months of July and
 August 1987 at 59,98 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is                                        Article 1
 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                    A countervailing charge of 7,23 ECU per 100 kilograms
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and            net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading 08.02 C of the
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           Common Customs Tariff) originating in Uruguay.
  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 20 August 1987.
  (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p.  1.
  (2) OJ No L 209,  31 . 7. 1987, p. 4.                                0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
  0   OJ No L 136,  26.  5. 1987, p.  13 .                             («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  (4) OJ No L 220,  10 . 8. 1974, p. 20 .                              o 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, 18 August 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President