31982R0488

No L 58/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 3 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 488/82

of 1 March 1982

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), the prices to be taken into COMMUNITIES, consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European with the coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article Economic Community, 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 303/82 ;

Whereas for cucumbers from Spain the entry prices Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No calculated in this way have for six consecutive market 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization days been alternatively above and below the reference of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last price ; whereas three of these entry prices are at least amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (2), and in 0-6 ECU below the reference price ; whereas a coun­ particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) tervailing charge should therefore be introduced for thereof, cucumbers ;

Whereas Article 25a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is imported from a non-member country is alternatively applied in principle for six days ; above and below the reference price for five to seven consecutive market days a countervailing charge is Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should introduced in respect of that non-member country, be calculated on the entry price on the following basis : save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­ duced when three entry prices fall below the reference — in case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ price and one of those entry prices is at least 0-6 ECU tion to each other at any given moment within a below the reference price ; whereas that charge is equal band of 2*25 % a rate of exchange based on their to the difference between the reference price and the central rate, last available entry price by at least 0-6 ECU below the reference price ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 303/82 of relation to the Community currencies referred to 9 February 1982 fixing, for the 1982 marketing year, in the previous indent, the reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the period 21 February to 31 March 1982 at 96-75 units of account per 100 kilograms net ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country Article 1 is equal to the average of the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from A countervailing charge of 2*42 ECU per 100 kilo­ the exporting country concerned which are marketed grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01 on all representative markets for which prices are P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in available, less the duties and the charges referred to in Spain. 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 1035/72 ; Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­ 1982. Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­ tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 8 (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . March 1982. (*) OJ No L 118, 30 . 4. 1981 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 37, 10 2. 1982, p. 12. (*) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. O OJ No L 301 , 22. 10. 1981 , p. 18 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 1 March 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission