CELEX: 31987R3356
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3356/87 of 6 November 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

No L 317/40                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 11 . 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3356/87
                                                        of 6 November 1987
                 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Spain (except
                                                         the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          (EEC)' No 3811 /85 (5), 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 artichokes originating in Spain (except the
                                                                     Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                     remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for
                                                                     two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   charge should therefore be introduced for these arti­
Portugal,                                                             chokes ;
                                                                     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                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2), and in particular the                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                             rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                           the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 1676/8 5 (*) as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                    No 1636/87 0,
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                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 36 (2) of the Act of Acces­
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                sion of Spain and Portugal (8) the arrangements applicable
country ;                                                             to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State
                                                                      and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31
                                                                      December 1985, must be those which were applicable
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3006/87 of 7                   before accession ;
October 1987 fixing for the 1987/88 marketing year the
reference prices for artichokes (J) fixed the reference price         Whereas Article 140(1 ) provides for a 4% reduction in
                                                                      the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation
for products of class I at 88,04 ECU per 100 kilograms
net for the period 1 November to 31 December 1987 ;                   (EEC) No 1035/72 during the second year after accession,
                                                                      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           A countervailing charge of 7,74 ECU per 100 kilograms
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           net is applied to artichokes (subheading 07.01 L of the
 No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price              Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain (except the
 is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Canary Islands).
 1035/72 :
                                                                                                 Article 2
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation             This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 November
 (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                  1987 .
 (') OJ No  L 118,  20. 5.   1972, p. 1.                               O OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No  L 209,  31 . 7.  1987, p. 4.                               I6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  L 285,  8 . 10 . 1987, p. 16.                              0 OJ No L. 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                             (8 OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 6 November 1987 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President