CELEX: 31988R2603
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2603/88 of 19 August 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Cyprus

20 . 8 . 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 231 /27
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2603/88
                                                       of 19 August 1988
                   introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Cyprus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              (EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into conside­
Economic Community,                                                ration must be recorded on the representative markets or,
                                                                   in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                          Whereas, for table grapes originating in Cyprus the entry
                                                                   price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               below the reference price for two consecutive market
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             introduced for these table grapes ;
Regulation (EEC) No 2238 /88 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                     Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
                                                                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
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 last amended by Regula­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
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 830/88 of 29                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the
reference prices for table grapes (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I at 51,13 ECU per 100 kilo­           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
grams net for the period 21 July to 31 August 1988 ;
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            A countervailing charge of 11,55 ECU per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 net is applied to table grapes (CN codes 0806 10 15 and
markets for which prices are available less the duties and         0806 10 19) originating in Cyprus.
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price                                        Article 2
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 ;                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 19 August 1988 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
                                                                   (4) OJ  No   L 220, 10.  8 . 1974, p. 20.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5, 1972, p. 1 .                               0   OJ  No   L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 198 , 26 . 7. 1988 , p . 1 .                           (6) OJ  No   L 164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 85, 30 . 3 . 1988 , p . 16 .                            0   OJ  No   L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .