CELEX: 31991R2704
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2704/91 of 12 September 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Bulgaria

No L 256/38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   13 . 9. 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2704/91
                                                     of 12 September 1991
                  introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in
                                                            Bulgaria
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 plums of group I originating in Bulgaria the
                                                                    entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
                                                                    ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
 Portugal,                                                         therefore be introduced for these plums ;
                                                                    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 1623/90 (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
                                                                        Article 3 ( 1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation
 Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 (EEC) No 1 676/85 (^ as last amended by Regulation
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­           — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­               Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  cient referred to in the preceding indent,
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1216/91 of 8
May 1991 fixing for the 1991 marketing year the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for
class I, group I at ECU 60,71 per 100 kilograms net for
the month of September 1991 ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at          A countervailing charge of ECU 34,99 per 100 kilograms
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country            net is applied to plums (CN codes 0809 40 1 1 and
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 0809 40 19), of the following varieties : Altesse simple
markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and       (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oul­
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)        lins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter,
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price           Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche),
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, origina­
1035/72 ;                                                          ting in Bulgaria.
 whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by                                          Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 0, the prices to be taken
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 September
(') OJ No  L 118,  20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             1991 .
(2) OJ No  L 150,  15. 6. 1991 , p. 8.
(3) OJ No  L 116,  9. 5 . 1991 , p. 48.
(4) OJ No  L 220,  10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ No  L 368,  31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                           0 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, 12 September 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission