31987R0544

No L 55/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 544/87 of 24 February 1987 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas, for artichokes originating in Egypt the entry Portugal, price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the introduced for these artichokes ; market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular the Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, price should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ provides that, if the entry price of a product imported tion to each other at any given moment within a band from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ No 1676/85 (*), stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of the last two entry prices available for that exporting these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ country ; tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3212/86 of previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, 22 October 1986 fixing for the 1986/87 marketing year the reference prices for artichokes (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for the period 1 January to 30 April 1987 at 78,03 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 Article 1 least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative A countervailing charge of 5,72 ECU per 100 kilograms markets for which prices are available less the duties and net is applied to artichokes (subheading 07.01 L of the the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) Common Customs Tariff) originating in Egypt. No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Article 2 1035/72 ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 1987. For the . Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . ñ OJ No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 46. (3) OJ No L 299, 23 . 10 . 1986, p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. ¥) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .