Document ID: 31996R1396

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1396/96 of 18 July 1996 fixing the minimum price applicable to dried grapes during the 1996/97 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/95 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum import price for dried grapes is to be determined having regard to:
- the free-at-frontier price on import into the Community,
- the prices obtained in international trade,
- the situation on the internal Community market,
- the trend of trade with third countries;
Whereas Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2089/85 of 23 July 1985 laying down general rules relating to the system of minimum import prices for dried grapes (3) provides that countervailing charges are to be fixed by reference to a scale of import prices; whereas the maximum countervailing charge is to be determined on the basis of the most favourable prices applied on the world market for significant quantities by the most representative non-member countries;
Whereas a minimum import price must be fixed for currants and other dried grapes;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the 1996/97 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex I.
2. The countervailing charge to be imposed where the minimum import price referred to in paragraph 1 is not observed shall be as set out in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 1996.

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