CELEX: 31987R0544
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 544/87 of 24 February 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

No L 55/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25. 2. 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 544/87
                                                      of 24 February 1987
                     introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              consideration must be recorded on the representative
Economic Community,                                                markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 Whereas, for artichokes originating in Egypt the entry
Portugal,                                                          price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
                                                                   below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   introduced for these artichokes ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the            Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                     price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
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 Regulation (EEC)
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               No 1676/85 (*),
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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3212/86 of                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
22 October 1986 fixing for the 1986/87 marketing year
the reference prices for artichokes (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the period 1 January to 30
April 1987 at 78,03 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                                    Article 1
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 A countervailing charge of 5,72 ECU per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and         net is applied to artichokes (subheading 07.01 L of the
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        Common Customs Tariff) originating in Egypt.
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                             Article 2
1035/72 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation           This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 February 1987.
                                                                             For the . Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ  No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
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(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                              ¥) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .