CELEX: 31991R0607
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 607/91 of 13 March 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

14. 3 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 67/37
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 607/91
                                                         of 13 March 1991
                     introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          into consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                      markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
                                                                     whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of
 Economic Community,                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 222/91 ;
                                                                     Whereas, for cucumbers originating in Bulgaria, the entry
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
 Portugal,                                                           below the reference price for two consecutive market
                                                                     days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
                                                                      introduced for these cucumbers ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by               price should be calculated on the following basis :
 Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (2), and in particular the
 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
                                                                          of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                  the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), 'as last amended by Regula­
 reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                 tion (EEC) No 2205/900,
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­            — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                 average of the ecu rates published in the Official
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 country ;                                                                cient referred to in the preceding indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 222/91 of 30
January 1991 fixing fr the 1991 marketing year the
reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for products of class I for the month of March 1991 at
 ECU 144,61 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
markets for which prices are available less the duties and           When cucumbers falling within CN codes 0707 00 1 1
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)          and 0707 00 19 and originating in Bulgaria are imported,
No whereas the meaning of representative price is defined            a countervailing charge shall be levied, the amount of
in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                   which shall be fixed at ECU 7,28 per 100 kilograms net
                                                                     weight.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 0, the prices to be taken                                         Article 2
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 1991 .
O   OJ  No  L 375, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  L 26, 31 . 1 . 1991 , p. 26.
(") OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                              (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                             O 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, 13 March 1991 .
                               '                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission