CELEX: 31988R1965
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1965/88 of 4 July 1988 introducing a new countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argentina, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1828/88

5 . 7. 88
No L 173/ 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1965/88
                                                       of 4 July 1988
                introducing a new countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Argen
                                  tina, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1828/88
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 the entry price thus calculated for fresh lemons
                                                                 originating in Argentina, results in the fixing of a higher
                                                                 countervailing charge than that laid down by Commission
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               Regulation (EEC) No 1828/88 of 28 June 1988, introdu­
Portugal,
                                                                 cing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating
                                                                 in Argentina (6) ;
                                                                 Whereas, pursuant to Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             No 1035/72, a new countervailing charge should be fixed
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                 and Regulation (EEC) No 1828/88 should be repealed ;
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (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 :
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                tion to each other at any given moment within a band
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported               of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the               rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­              the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              tion (EEC) No 1636/87,
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
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
                                                                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1386/88 of
 20 May 1988 fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year the
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
 price for products of class I at 60,24 ECU per 1 00 kilo­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
grams net for the months of July and August 1988 ;
                                                                                            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          A countervailing charge of 10,42 ECU per 100 kilograms
 concerned which are marketed on all representative               net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
 markets for which prices are avalable less the duties and        originating in Argentina.
 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                                        Article 2
 1035/72 ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 1988.
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1828/88 is hereby
                                                                  repealed.
 (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 O OJ No L 128, 21 . 5. 1988, p. 21 .                             («) OJ No L 162, 29. 6. 1988, p. 40.
 M OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                               O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 4 July 1988 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                    Vice-President