CELEX: 31988R0215
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 215/88 of 26 January 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

27 . 1 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 21 / 17
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 215/88
                                                        of 26 January 1988
                       introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         (EEC) No 3811 /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 artichokes originating in Egypt 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 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 3910/87 (2), and in particular the                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                           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 Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 1636/87 0,
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3006/87 of 7
October 1987 fixing for the 1987/88 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
1988 at 78,03 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                                      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 4,80 ECU per 100 kilograms
                                                                    net is applied to artichokes (subheading ex 0709 10 00 of
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price            the combined nomenclature) originating in Egypt.
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2118/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January
                                                                     1988 .
(') OJ   No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 33.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 285, 8 . 10. 1987, p. 16.                             (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, 26 January 1988 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President