CELEX: 31991R0131
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 131/91 of 18 January 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt

19 . 1 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 14/47
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 131 /91
                                                         of 18 January 1991
                    introducing a countervailing charge on fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          (EEC) No 38 1 1 /85 (6), 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 sweet oranges originating in Egypt the
                                                                     entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
                                                                     ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     therefore be introduced for these fresh sweet oranges ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (2), and in 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 1035/72               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                   of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (J), as last amended by Regula­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                  tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting               — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
country ;                                                                 average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                         Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3009/90 of                         cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 18 October 1990 fixing for the 1990/91 marketing year
the reference prices for fresh sweet oranges (3) fixed the
reference price for products of class I for the period 1
December 1990 to 31 May 1991 at ECU 22,75 per 100
kilograms net ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
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)
No 1035/72 according to the dispositions of Regulation               A countervailing charge of ECU 8,52 per 100 kilograms
(EEC) No 3982/89 of 20 December 1989 altering the                    net is applied to fresh sweet oranges (CN code
entry price for citrus fruit originating in certain Mediter­         ex 0805 10) originating in Egypt.
ranian third countries (4) ; whereas the meaning of repre­
sentative 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 21 18/74              as last amended by Regulation
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January
                                                                     1991 .
(') OJ   No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 375,  31 . 12. 1990, p. 17.
 3) OJ   No  L 287,  19.  10. 1990, p. 8 .                           (*) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 380,  29 . 12. 1989, p. 24.                           O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 220,  10.  8 . 1974, p. 20.                           (8) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 18 January 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission