31988R0779

25 . 3 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 80/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 779/88 of 24 March 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, eration must be recorded on the representative markets Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it Economic Community, is necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficient Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of Regulation Portugal, (EEC) No 297/88 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas, for cucumbers originating in Spain (except the of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for Regulation (EEC) No 223/88 (2), and in particular the two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, charge should therefore be introduced for these cucum­ bers ; Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the price should be calculated on the following basis : reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the tion to each other at any given moment within a band exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last two entry prices available for that exporting the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ country ; tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 f), Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 297/88 of 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the February 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ for products of class I at 112,14 ECU per 100 kilograms net for the month of March 1988 ; tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : concerned which are marketed on all representative markets for which prices are available less the duties and Article 1 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price A countervailing charge of 21,48 ECU per 100 kilograms is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No net is applied to cucumbers (CN codes 0707 00 1 1 and 1035/72 ; 0707 00 19) originating in Poland. Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (^ the prices to be taken into consid­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 March 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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