CELEX: 31988R2001
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2001/88 of 6 July 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

7. 7. 88
No L 176/24                             Official Journal of the European Communities
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2001/88
                                                        of 6 July 1988
                 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Spain
                                                  (except the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (EEC) No 3811 /85 0, 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             Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Spain (except
Economic Community,
                                                                   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 fresh
Portugal,                                                          lemons ;
                                                                   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 1117/88 (2), 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 136 (2) of the Act of Acces­
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting             sion of Spain and Portugal 0, 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 1386/88 of                  before accession ;
 20 May 1988 fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year the
  reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference         Whereas Article 140(1 ) provides for a 6% reduction in
  price for products of class I for the months of July and          the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
  August 1988 at 60,24 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;                  (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 les^ the duties and
  the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        A countervailing charge of 2,86 ECU per 100 kilograms
   No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price          net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
   is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No               originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands).
   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 8 July 1988 .
   (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              Q OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
   h) OJ No L 107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1 .                               (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
   (3) OJ No L 128, 21 . 5. 1988, p. 21 .                            J7) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
                                                                     <«\ OT Nr. L 302. 15 . 11 . 1985. D. 9 .
   (" OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 6 July 1988 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                    Vice-President