CELEX: 31991R3525
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3525/91 of 4 December 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa

5 . 12. 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 334/31
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3525/91
                                                         of 4 December 1991
                     introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Regulation (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 lemons originating in South Africa the
                                                                      entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
                                                                      ECU 0,6 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 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     price should be calculated on the following basis :
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 (2), and in particular the               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                           rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                   tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
 from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                   tion (EEC) No 2205/90 f),
 reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
 tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the               — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                  Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting                    cient referred to in the preceding indent,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1438/91 of
 30 May 1991 fixing for the 1991 /92 marketing year the
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of class I for the period from
 November 1991 to April 1992 at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilo­
grams 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               A countervailing charge of ECU 2,86 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                    net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
markets for which prices are available less the duties and            originating in South Africa.
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
 1035/72 ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December
                                                                      1991 .
(')  OJ  No  L 118 ,  20.  5. 1972,  p. 1.
(2)  OJ  No  L 150,   15.  6. 1991 , p. 8.                            0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 137,   31 . 5. 1991 , p. 25.                           (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 220,   10.  8. 1974,  p. 20.                           0 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, 4 December 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission