CELEX: 31987R1571
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1571/87 of 4 June 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

5. 6 . 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 145/49
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1571/87
                                                        of 4 June 1987
                introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Spain
                                                  (except the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (EEC) No 3811 /85 Q, 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 Spain (except
                                                                   the Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way
                                                                   has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price
                                                                   for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 charge should therefore be introduced for these fresh
Portugal,                                                          lemons ;
                                                                  Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               price should be calculated on the following basis :
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                          of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1676/85 («),
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of             Whereas, pursuant to Article 136 (2) of the Act of Acces­
the last two entry prices available for that exporting             sion of Spain and Portugal Q, the arrangements applicable
country ;                                                          to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State
                                                                   and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31
                                                                   December 1985, must be those which were applicable
                                                                   before accession ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/87 of
25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/88 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference          Whereas Article 140 (1 ) provides for a 4 % reduction in
price for products of class I for the month of June 1987            the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
at 54,59 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;                               (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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)        A countervailing charge of 10,45 ECU per 100 kilograms
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price            net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading 08.02 C of the
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain (except the
 1035/72 :                                                          Canary Islands).
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 1987.
(') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46.                               0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 13.                               («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
{") OJ  No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20.                             0 OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 4 June 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President