CELEX: 31983R1196
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1196/83 of 18 May 1983 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Spain

19 . 5. 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 129 /45
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1196/83
                                                         of 18 May 1983
                   introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Spain
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (■*), the prices to be taken into
                                                                   consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                   markets     or, in   certain    circumstances, on   other
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
 Economic Community,                                               with the coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 776/83 ;
                                                                   Whereas, for Spanish tomatoes, the entry price calcu­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      lated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 the reference price for two consecutive market days ;
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738/82 (2), and in               introduced for these tomatoes ;
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
                                                                   entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                   basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                 relation to each other at any given moment within
 imported from a third country remains at least 0,6                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                      their central rate,
 market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 is equal to the difference between the reference price                 these currencies recorded for a given period in
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
available for that exporting country ;                                  in the previous indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 776/83 of
30 March 1983 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for the 1983 marketing year (3) fixed the reference
 price for products of class I for May 1983 at 124,25
 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country              A countervailing charge of 17,47 ECU per 100 kilo­
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for         grams net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M
 at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting                of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain .
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
sentative markets for which prices are available less the
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                                            Article 2
of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 1983 .
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 190 , 1 . 7. 1982, p . 7.                              (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 .
(' OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1983 , p . 10 .                            0 OJ No L 301 , 22. 10 . 1981 , p . 18 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 18 May 1983 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission