CELEX: 31989R1269
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1269/89 of 8 May 1989 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

No L 126/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   9 . 5. 89
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1269/89
                                                        of 8 May 1989
                     introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 38 1 1 /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 Egypt the entry
                                                                  price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
                                                                  below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Portugal,                                                         introduced for these artichokes ;
                                                                  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 1119/89 (2), and in particular the
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
                                                                       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 (6), as last amended by Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3138/88 of
12 October 1988 fixing for the 1988/89 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 1989 at ECU 78,03 per 100 kilograms net and for
the month of May 74,95 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
markets for which prices are available less the duties and         A countervailing charge of ECU 17,57 per 100 kilograms
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        net is applied to artichokes (CN code 0709 10 00) origina­
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           ting in Egypt.
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 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 May 1989.
(>) OJ  No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p, 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 280,  13. 10. 1988, p. 13.                            (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 220,  10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 8 May 1989.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission