31984R1424

24 . 5 . 84 No L 138/ 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1424/84 of 23 May 1984 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 31 10/83 (5), 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 with the coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 908 /84 ; Economic Community,

Whereas, for Spanish tomatoes, the entry price calcu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization the reference price for two consecutive market days ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be amended by Regulation (EEC) No 985/84 (2), and in introduced for these tomatoes ; particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry price should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product — in the case of currencies which are maintained in imported from a third country remains at least 0,6 relation to each other at any given moment within ECU below the reference price for two consecutive a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­ their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient duced in respect of the exporting country concerned, provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge No 974/71 , is equal to the difference between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the available for that exporting country ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies m relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 908/84 of 3 April 1984 fixing for the 1984 marketing year the reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for May 1984 at 127,43 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 Article 1 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ sentative markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of A countervailing charge of 8,11 ECU per 100 kilo­ Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning grams net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Spain . Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Article 2 tion (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula

(>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 May 1984. (2) OJ No L 103 , 16 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 94, 4. 4. 1984, p. 8 . (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 303 , 5 . 11 . 1983, p. 5.

No L 138/20 24. 5 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 23 May 1984.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission