CELEX: 31982R2317
Language: en
Date: 1982-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2317/82 of 24 August 1982 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand

25 . 8 . 82                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 249 /9
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2317/82
                                                     of 24 August 1982
               introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (5), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                     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 New Zealand apples, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No                     days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                be introduced for these apples ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/82 (2), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)             Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
thereof,                                                         price should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      relation to each other at any given moment within
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product               a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
imported from a third country remains at least 0-6                   their central rate,
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive
market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge              these currencies recorded for a given period in
is equal to the difference between the reference price               relation to the Community currencies referred to
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                 in the previous indent,
available for that exporting country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1680/82
of 29 June 1982 fixing, for the 1 982/83 marketing
year, the reference prices for apples (3) fixed the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reference price for products of Class I for the month
of August 1982 at 31-97 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for
at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               A countervailing charge of 10-02 ECU per 100 kilo­
sentative markets for which prices are available less the        grams net is applied to apples other than cider apples
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of            (subheading ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                Tariff) originating in New Zealand.
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 Regula­
tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August
(') OJ   No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                          1982 .
(2) OJ   No L 190,  1 . 7. 1982, p. 7.
(3) OJ   No L 186,  30 . 6. 1982, p. 15.
(4) OJ   No L 220,  10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                         (5) OJ No L 301 , 22. 10. 1981 , p. 18 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 24 August 1982.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission