CELEX: 31987R2699
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2699/87 of 7 September 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina

No L 258 / 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    8 . 9. 87
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2699/87
                                                    of 7 September 1987
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina
THE COMMISSION « OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     (EEC) No 3811 /85 Q, the prices to be taken into
                                                                  consideration must be recorded on the representative
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Argentina the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6
Portugal,                                                         ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              market days ; . whereas a countervailing charge should
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2), and in particular the            Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                    price should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
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 corrective factor provided for in
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (% as amended by Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 1636/87Q,
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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1426/86 of                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
25 May 1987 fixing for the 1987/ 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of September
1987 at 55,24 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                A countervailing charge of 3,40 ECU per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading 08.02 C of the
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       Common Customs Tariff) originating in Argentina.
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 Regulation          This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation              1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 7 September 1987.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ  No L 118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No L 209, 31 . 7. 1987, p. 4.                             (J) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1J>85, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 136, 26.  5. 1987, p. 13.                            («) 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 .