CELEX: 31990R0303
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 303/90 of 2 February 1990 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Marocco

3 . 2. 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 32/ 17
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 303/90
                                                     of 2 February 1990
                 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Marocco
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, for fresh lemons originating in Marocco, 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 fresh lemons ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
of 18 May 1972 on , the common organization of the               price should be calculated : on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 19/89 (2), and in particular the         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the               tion (EEC) No 1636/87 Q,
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference              tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
between the reference price arid the arithmetic mean of               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient,
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1373/89 of
 19 May 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of class I for the period from January
to April 1990 at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilograms net ;
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
concerned which are marketed on all representative                A countervailing charge of ECU 12,25 per 100 kilograms
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and       net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)      originating in Marocco.
 No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning 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 Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 1990.
 (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                                0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 137, 20. 5. 1989, p. 24.                             (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 ¥) OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                              0 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, 2 February 1990 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission