CELEX: 31988R1374
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1374/88 of 19 May 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Albania

No L 126/40                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    20 . 5. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1374/88
                                                         of 19 May 1988
                      introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Albania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         ration must be recorded on the representative markets or,
                                                                    in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it is
                                                                    necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficient fixed
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in the second indent of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 Economic Community,                                                No 723/88 ;
                                                                    Whereas, for tomatoes originating in Albania the entry
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
 Portugal,                                                          below the reference price for two consecutive market
                                    \
                                                                    days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
                                                                    introduced for these tomatoes ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             price should be calculated on .the following basis :
 Regulation (EEC) No 11 17/88 (2), and in particular the
  first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                          tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                          of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
  Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
  provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
  from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (% as last amended by Regula­
  reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                tion No 1636/87Q,
  tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
  exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
  the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
- country ;                                                               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 of 18             ■ in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the                  Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
   reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price
   for products of class I at 136,75 ECU per 100 kilograms
   net for the month of May 1988 ;
   Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at
   least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
   concerned which are marketed on all representative
   markets for which prices are available less the duties and                                   Article 1
   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               A countervailing charge of 5,24 ECU per 100 kilograms
    1035/72 :
                                                                     net is applied to tomatoes (CN code 0702 00) originating
                                                                     in Albania.
   Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Regulation
   (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation                                          Article 2
    (EEC) No 3811 /85 (% the prices to be taken into conside­
    (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 1988 ,
    0 OJ No L 107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1 .
    (3) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1988, p. 51 .
    M OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                                («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
    0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 19 May 1988.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President