CELEX: 31990R0656
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 656/90 of 16 March 1990 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt

No L 71 /20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   17 . 3 . 90
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 656/90
                                                      of 16 March 1990
                 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (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 fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
Portugal,                                                          ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive
                                                                   market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                   therefore be introduced for these fresh sweet oranges ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by            Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Regulation (EEC) No 11 19/89 (2), and in particular the            price should be . calculated on the following basis :
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (^ as last amended by Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8),
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
country ;
                                                                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3104/89 of
 16 October 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year
the reference prices for fresh sweet oranges (3) fixed the
reference price for products of class I for the period 1
 December 1989 to 31 May 1990 at ECU 22,66 per 100
 kilograms net ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                            Article 1
markets for which prices are available less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) ' of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72 according to the dispositions of Regulation              A countervailing charge of ECU 2,42 per 100 kilograms
(EEC) No 3982/89 of 20 December 1989 altering the                   net is applied to fresh sweet oranges (CN code
entry price for citrus fruit originating in certain Mediter­        ex 0805 10) originating in Egypt.
ranian third countries (4) ; whereas the meaning of repre­
sentative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 21 18/74 (*), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 1990. r
 (•) OJ No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No L  118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.
 (3) OJ No L  298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 10.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L  380, 29. 12. 1989, p. 24.                             0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0    OJ No L  220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                             (») 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, 16 March 1990.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission