31982R2472

No L 263 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 9 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2472/82 of 10 September 1982 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Uruguay

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 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, for Uruguayan lemons the entry price calcu­ lated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization introduced for these lemons ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 738 /82 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry thereof, price should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No relation to each other at any given moment within 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on imported from a third country remains at least 0-6 their central rate, ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of duced in respect of the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge these currencies recorded for a given period in is equal to the difference between the reference price relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1336/82 of 28 May 1982 fixing, for the 1 982/83 marketing year, the reference prices for lemons (3) fixed the reference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price for products of Class I for the month of September 1982 at 33-91 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;

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 concerned which are marketed on all repre­ A countervailing charge of 8-96 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available less the grams net is applied to lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning Uruguay. 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 Regula­ tion (EEC) No 21 1 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 . September 1982. (2) OJ No L 190 , 1 . 7. 1982, p . 7. (3) OJ No L 150, 29 . 5 . 1982, p. 83 (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 . (5) 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, 10 September 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission