CELEX: 31987R1620
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/87 of 10 June 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Mozambique

11 . 6. 87                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 150/27
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1620/87
                                                     of 10 June 1987
                introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Mozambique
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                    (EEC) No 381 1 /85X5), 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 Mozambique the
                                                               entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
                                                                ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and             market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Portugal,                                                      therefore be introduced for these fresh 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
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their centrai
                                                                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*),
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
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference            previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, Whereas
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting              the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
country ;                                                           accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/86 of
25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/ 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of June 1987
at 54,59 ECU 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                                   Article 1
concerned which are marketed on all representative
markets for which prices are available less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)     A countervailing charge of 16,31 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 Mozambique.
1035/72 :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation                                 Article 2
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1987.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p.46.
(3) OJ No L 136, 26. 5. 1987, p. 13.                            0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                             (*) 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, 10 June 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President