CELEX: 31985R3240
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-20
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3240/85 of 19 November 1985 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Romania

No L 308 / 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 11 . 85
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3240/85
                                                      of 19 November 1985
                       introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Romania
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         ration must be recorded on the representative markets or,
                                                                     in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it is
                                                                     necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficient fixed
                                                                     in Article 1 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 751 /85 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas, for tomatoes originating in Romania the entry
                                                                     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 tomatoes :
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1332/84 (2), and in particular the
 second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                     Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                    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 coefficient provided for in
 tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 0,
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
 between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 country ;
                                                                         these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 751 /85 of 22
March 1985 fixing for the 1985/86 marketing year the
 reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price
 for products of class I from 1 October to 20 December
 1985 at 45,53 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
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
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)         A countervailing charge of 11,52 ECU per 100 kilograms
 No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Common Customs Tariff) originating in Romania.
 1035/72 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation                                     Article 2
(EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 31 10/83 (*), the prices to be taken into conside­
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November
(') OJ  No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            1985 .
O   OJ  No  L 130, 16. 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 81 , 23 . 3 . 1985, p. 20 .
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                           (6) JO No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 5.                              O JO No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 19 November 1985.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President