CELEX: 31990R2691
Language: en
Date: 1990-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2691/90 of 19 September 1990 introducing a corrective amount on the import of fresh lemons into the Community of Ten from Spain (except the Canary Islands)

20. 9. 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 256/21
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2691/90
                                                   of 19 September 1990
                 introducing a corrective amount on the import of fresh lemons into the
                            Community of Ten from Spain (except the Canary Islands)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      remained for two consecutive market days at a level at
                                                                 least ECU 0,6 below the Community offer price ; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            a corrective amount equal to the difference between the
Economic Community,                                              Community offer price and the Spanish offer price must
                                                                 therefore be introduced for these products from Spain
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               (except the Canary Islands);
Portugal,
                                                                 Whereas if the system is to operate normally the offer
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89             price of the Spanish product should be calculated on the
of 4 December 1989 laying down general rules for imple­          following basis :
menting the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as
regards the compensatory mechanism for imports of fruit          — in the case of currencies the spot market rates for
and vegetables from Spain (1), and in particular Article 4            which are maintained in relationship to each other
(2) thereof,                                                          within a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on
                                                                      their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor
Whereas Article 152 of the Act of Accession introduces                provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1)
from 1 January 1990 a compensatory mechanism for                      of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last
imports into the Community as constituted on 31                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 ;
December 1985, hereinafter called 'the Community of              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Ten', of fruit and vegetables from Spain (except the                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Canary Islands) for which a reference price is fixed with             Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
regard to third countries ;                                           a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                      cient referred to in the preceding indent,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 lays down general
rules for applying the said compensatory mechanism ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1487/90 (2)
fixed, for the 1990/1991 marketing year, the Community
offer price for fresh lemons applicable with regard to                                     Article 1
Spain (except Canary Islands);                                   On import into the Community of Ten of fresh lemons
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3815/89 (3)               (CN ex 0805 30 10) from Spain (except the Canary
 lays down detailed rules for applying the compensatory           Islands) a corrective amount of ECU 1,83 per 100 kilo­
 mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain         grams net shall be levied.
 (except the Canary Islands) ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in the case of fresh lemons, the offer price for
 the Spanish product as calculated in accordance with the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September
 provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 has            1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 19 September 1990.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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