31988R0799

26. 3. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 81 /45

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 799/88 of 25 March 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Albania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into consid­ 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 Albania the entry of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by below the reference price for two consecutive market Regulation (EEC) No 223/88 (2), and in particular the days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, introduced for these cucumbers ;

Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry provides that, if the entry price of a product imported price should be calculated on the following basis : from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ 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 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ; tion (EEC) No 1636/87f), — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 297/88 of 1 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of February 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ reference prices for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price tion to the Community currencies referred to in the for products of class I at 112,14 ECU per 100 kilograms previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, net for the month of March 1988 ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative Article 1 markets for which prices are available less the duties and A countervailing charge of 18,33 ECU per 100 kilograms the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price net is applied to cucumbers (CN codes 0707 00 1 1 and is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 0707 00 19) originating in Albania. 1035/72 ; Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2118/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 March 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

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