CELEX: 31991R2476
Language: en
Date: 1991-08-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2476/91 of 14 August 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina

15 . 8 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 227/ 29
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2476/91
                                                        of 14 August 1991
                   introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Regulation (EEC) No 381 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 lemons originating in Argentina, the
                                                                     entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive
Portugal,                                                            market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                     therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 (2), and in particular the               price should be calculated on the following basis :
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                  the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                   tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                   average of the ecu rates published in the Official
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                   Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
country ;                                                                a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                         cient referred to in the previous indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1438/91 of
30 May 1991 fixing for the 1991 /92 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of August 1991
at ECU 60,82 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 Commission               A countervailing charge of ECU 11,76 per 100 kilograms
Regulation (EEC) No 3982/89 of 20 December 1989 alte­                net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
ring the entry price for citrus fruit originating in certain         originating in Argentina.
Mediterranian third countries (4) ; whereas the meaning of
representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 0, as last amended by
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 August 1991 .
 (') OJ  No L 118,  20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .
  2) OJ  No L 150,  15.  6. 1991 , p. 8.
 (3) OJ  No L 137,  31 . 5. 1991 , p. 25.                            (6) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No L 380,  29.  12. 1989, p. 24.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 Is) OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                                ¥) 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, 14 August 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission