CELEX: 31989R2977
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2977/89 of 2 October 1989 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay

3. 10 . 89                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 284/23
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2977/89
                                                    of 2 October 1989
                introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in ' Uruguay
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), 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 fresh lemons originating in Uruguay the
                                                                  entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
                                                                  ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Portugal,                                                         therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (2), and in particular the            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
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
Whereas Article 25 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the               tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 0,
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference              these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1373/89 of
19 May 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of class I for the month of September
1989 at 56,00 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is                                    Article 1
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative                A countervailing charge of 12,80 ECU per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       originating in Uruguay.
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
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 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 October 1989.
V)  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 .
O   OJ  No L 137, 20. 5. 1989, p. 24.                             («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                             O 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, 2 October 1989.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission