CELEX: 31989R0783
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 783/89 of 28 March 1989 introducing a countervailing charge on cabbage lettuce originating in Israel

No L 84/40                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29. 3 . 89
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 783/89
                                                      of 28 March 1989
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cabbage lettuce originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /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 cabbage lettuce originating in Israel 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
Portugal,                                                          market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                  therefore be introduced for these cabbage lettuce ;
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of               price should be calculated on the following basis :
the 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 Council Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), 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
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3137/88 of
12 October 1988 fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year
the reference prices for cabbage lettuce (3) fixed the
reference price for products of class I for the period 1           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
March to 31 May 1989 at ECU 81,50 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
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 A countervailing charge of ECU 18,27 per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and         net is applied to cabbage lettuce (CN codes 0705 1 1 10
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        and 0705 11 90) originating in Israel.
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 30 March 1989.
(>) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 198 , 26. 7. 1988 , p. 1 .                             (*) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 280, 13 . 10. 1988, p. 11 .                            («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                               o 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, 28 March 1989.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission