CELEX: 31988R0927
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 927/88 of 7 April 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in the Canary Islands

8. 4. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 91 / 11
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 927/88
                                                        of 7 April 1988
                  introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in the Canary
                                                             Islands
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, for tomatoes originating in the Canary Islands
                                                                    the entry price calculated in this way has remained at
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecu­
 Economic Community,                                                tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                    therefore be introduced for these tomatoes ;
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal,                                                         Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                    price should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 (2), and in particular the                  of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
 second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                         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 1 676/85 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                1636/87 0,
 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, in accordance with Article 1 (5) of Protocol 2 to
                                                                   the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (8), the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 of 18                 Community must apply in its trade with the Canary
March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the                   Islands, for products covered by Annex II to the EEC
reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price        Treaty, the general arrangements which it applies in its
for products of class I for the month of April 1988 at             foreign trade ;
 197,27 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of the said
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           Protocol, the products, including tomatoes, specified in
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at          Annex A to the Protocol, qualify for preferential arrange­
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country            ments, subject to the tariff quota opened by way of
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 Community Regulation (EEC) No 4063/87 (9) ;
markets for which prices are available less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into                                              Article 1
consideration must be recorded on the representative
markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the            When tomatoes falling within CN code 0702 00 and
coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of          originating in the Canary Islands are imported, a counte­
Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 ;                                       vailing charge shall be levied, the amount of which shall
                                                                   be fixed at :
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 85, 30. 3 . 1988, p. 5.                              (*) OJ  No  L  164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 74, 19. 3. 1988, p. 51 .                             0   OJ  No  L  153, 13.  6. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            (8) OJ  No  L  302, 15.  11 . 1985, p. 9.
0   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                           0   OJ  No  L  380, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 17.
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— 14,60 ECU per 100 kilograms net weight for quanti­          However this charge shall not be levied on quantities
  ties within the tariff quota laid down by Regulation        imported into Spain within the tariff quotas laid down by
  (EEC) No 4063/87,                                           Regulation (EEC) No 4063/87.
                                                                                      Article 2
— 15,54 ECU per 100 kilograms, for other amounts.             This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1988.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 7 April 1988.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President