CELEX: 31987R0643
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/87 of 3 March 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

4. 3 . 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 61 /23
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 643/87
                                                        of 3 March 1987
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain (except
                                                      the Canary Islands)
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             whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the
 Economic Community,                                               coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 332/87 ;
                                                                   Whereas, for cucumbers originating in Spain (except the
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has
Portugal,                                                          remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for
                                                                   two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
                                                                   charge should therefore be introduced for these cucum­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               bers ;
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 1351 /86 (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
                                                                        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 Regulation (EEC)
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                 No 1676/85 (*),
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
country ;                                                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 36 (2) of the Act of Acces­
                                                                   sion of Spain and Portugal Q, the arrangements applicable
                                                                   to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 332/87 of 2                 and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31
February 1987 fixing for the 1987 marketing year the               December 1985, must be those which were applicable
reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price       before accession ;
for products of class I at 122,42 ECU for the period 21 to
28 February 1987 and at 112,14 ECU per 100 kilograms               Whereas Article 140 (1 ) provides for a 4 % reduction in
net for the month of March 1987 ;                                  the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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)        A countervailing charge of 9,78 ECU per 100 kilograms
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01 P I of the
is . defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain (except the
 1035/72 ;
                                                                   Canary Islands).
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation                                     Article 2
(EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 1987.
(')  OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2   OJ No  L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No  L 32, 3. 2. 1987, p. 11 .                              («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(«)  OJ No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            f) OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 61 /24                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        4 . 3 . 87
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 3 March 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President