CELEX: 31991R1584
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1584/91 of 11 June 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on apricots originating in Tunisia

No L 147/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  12. 6. 91
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1584/91
                                                       of 11 June 1991
                     introducing a countervailing charge on apricots originating in Tunisia
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 apricots originating in Tunisia 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 apricots ;
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
Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (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 ECU 0,6 below the                tion No 2205/90 Q,
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference               Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1185/91 of 7
May 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the
reference prices for apricots (3) fixed the reference price        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for products of class I at ECU 106,26 per 100 kilograms
net for the period from 1 to 10 June 1991 ;
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 ECU 4,94 per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and         net is applied to apricots (CN code 0809 10 00) origina­
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        ting in Tunisia.
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 13 June 1991 .
(') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 375, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 17.                            0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 115, 8. 5. 1991 , p. 17.                              H OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                             O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 11 June 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission