CELEX: 31984R0312
Language: en
Date: 1984-02-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 312/84 of 7 February 1984 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Spain

No L 36/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 8 . 2 . 84
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 312/84
                                                         of 7 February 1984
                      introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tion (EEC) No 3110/83 (*), the prices to be taken into
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         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 Spanish apples, the entry price calculated
                                                                      in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the
                                                                      reference price for two consecutive market days ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    introduced for these apples ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (2), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
thereof,                                                             entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                     basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                   relation to each other at any given moment within
imported from a third country remains at least 0,6                        a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                         their central rate,
market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the i
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
is equal to the difference between the reference price                    these currencies recorded for a given period in
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
available for that exporting country ;                                    in the previous indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2085/83
of 26 July 1983 fixing, for the 1983/84 marketing year,
the reference prices for apples (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for February 1984 at 43,52             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
                                                                                                Article 1
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 repre­
sentative markets for which prices are available less the            A countervailing charge of 7,81 ECU per 100 kilo­
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of                grams net is applied to apples (subheading 08.06 A II
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                    of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain .
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 Regula­
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February
(') OJ No  L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972,  p.   1.                            1984.
(2) OJ No  L  198 , 21 . 7. 1983 , p.   2.
(3) OJ No  L  203 , 27 . 7. 1983 , p.   23 .
O   OJ No  L  220 , 10 . 8. 1974,  p .- 20 .                         (*) OJ No L 303 , 5 . 1 1 . 1983 , p. 5 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 February 1984.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission