CELEX: 31989R3250
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3250/89 of 27 October 1989 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina

28 . 10 . 89                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 314/57
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3250/89
                                                    of 27 October 1989
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /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
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Argentina, the
                                                                entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
                                                                 ECU 0,6 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 11 19/89 (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 ECU 0,6 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              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 1373/89 of
 19 May 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference               ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of class I for the month of October
 1989 at ECU 50,28 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 ECU 2,65 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative               net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
markets for which prices are available less the duties and       originating in Argentina.
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 Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (% as last amended by               This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 October
                                                                  1989 .
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 118 , 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                            O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 137, 20. 5. 1989, p. 24.                               (<) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
M 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, 27 October 1989.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission