31988R0918

No L 90/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 918/88

of 6 April 1988

introducing a countervailing charge on aubergines originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 3811 /850, the prices to be taken into 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 aubergines originating in Spain (except the Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and charge should therefore be introduced for these auber­ Portugal, gines ;

Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 price should be calculated on the following basis : of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ market in fruit and vegetables 0, as last amended by tion to each other at any given moment within a band Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 (2), and in particular the of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regu­ Whereas Article 25 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 lation (EEC) Nq 1636/87Q, provides that, if the entry price of a product imported — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the tion to the Community currencies referred to in the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of Whereas, pursuant to Article 136 (2) of the Act of Acces­ the last two entry prices available for that exporting sion of Spain and Portugal 0, the arrangements applicable country ; to trade between, on the one hand, a new Member State and, on the other, the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985, must be those which were applicable Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 724/88 of 18 before accession ; March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the reference prices for aubergines 0 fixed the reference price Whereas Article 140(1 ) provides for a 6 % reduction in for products of class I for the month of April 1988 at the countervailing charges applicable under Regulation 87,72 ECU per 100 kilograms net ; (EEC) No 1035/72 during the third year after accession,

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 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) A countervailing charge of 31,22 ECU per 100 kilograms No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price net is applied to aubergines (CN code 0709 30 00) origi­ is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No nating in Spain (except the Canary Islands). 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2118/74 0, as last amended by This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1988 .

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 85, 30. 3. 1988, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1988, p. 53. o OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9.

7. 4. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 90/25

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

Done at Brussels, 6 April 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President