CELEX: 31989R2214
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2214/89 of 20 July 1989 introducing a new countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2128/89

21 . 7. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 209/53
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2214/89
                                                       of 20 July 1989
                introducing a new countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in
                                Argentina, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2128/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Regulation (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 ;
Haying regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas the entry price thus calculated for fresh lemons
                                                                 originating in Argentina, results in the fixing of a higher
                                                                 countervailing charge than that laid down by Commission
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               Regulation (EEC) No 2128/89 of 14 July 1989 introdu­
Portugal,                                                         cing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating
                                                                  in Argentina (*) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             Whereas, pursuant to Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  No 1035/72, a new countervailing charge should be fixed
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by            and Regulation (EEC) No 2128/89 should be repealed ;
Regulation (EEC) No 11 19/89 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the               of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­              rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regula­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference              tion (E£C) No 1636/87,
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
country ;                                                             these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1373/89 of
 19 May 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I at ECU 60,82 per 100 kilo­          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
grams net for the months of July and August 1989 ;
                                                                                            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 ECU 2,66 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 080530 10)
markets for which prices are avalable less the duties and         originating in Argentina.
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                                         Article 2
 1035/72 ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 1989.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2128/89 is hereby
                                                                  repealed.
0   OJ  No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1.
0   OJ  No L 118, 29 . 4. 1989, p. 12.                            o OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 137, 20 . 5. 1989, p. 24.                            («) OJ No L 203, 15. 7. 1989, p. 31 .
(4) OJ  No L 220, 10 . 8. 1974, p. 20.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 20 July 1989.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAG SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission