CELEX: 31990R0372
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-14
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 372/90 of 13 February 1990 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

No L 40/ 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 14. 2. 90
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 372/90
                                                    of 13 February 1990
                     introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
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 artichokes originating in Egypt the entry
                                                                 price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
                                                                 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 11 19/89 (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 Council Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 0,
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 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 3102/89 of
16 Oktober 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 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 1990 at ECU 78,83 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 ECU 10,37 per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        net is applied to artichokes (CN code 0709 10 00) origina­
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       ting in Egypt.
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 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by             This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February
                                                                  1990.
 (') OJ No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L  118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                            o OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 298,  17. 10. 1989, p. 6.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (*) 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 m all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 13 February 1990.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission