CELEX: 31988R3603
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3603/88 of 18 November 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Cyprus

No L 313/26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  19 . 11 . 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3603/88
                                                    of 18 November 1988
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Cyprus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), 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 Cyprus the entry
                                                                  price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
                                                                  below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Portugal,                                                         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 2238/88 (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 Regulation (EEC)
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                No 1 676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1636/87 0,
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the
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 1386/88 of
20 May 1988 fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year the
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of November
1988 at 47,15 ECU 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 2,35 ECU 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 Cyprus.
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 (4), as last amended by              This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 November
                                                                   1988 .
(') OJ  No L 118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1.
0   OJ  No L 198, 26.  7. 1988, p. 1.                             O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No L 128, 21 . 5. 1988, p. 21 .                           («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No L 220, 10.  8. 1974, p. 20.                            f) 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, 18 November 1988.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President