31988R0927

8 . 4. 88 No L 91 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 927/88 of 7 April 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in the Canary Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, for tomatoes originating in the Canary Islands the entry price calculated in this way has remained at Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecu­ Economic Community, tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these tomatoes ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry price should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 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 ('), 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 Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 No 1 676/85 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No provides that, if the entry price of a product imported 1636/87 0, from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (5) of Protocol 2 to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (8), the Community must apply in its trade with the Canary Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 of 18 Islands, for products covered by Annex II to the EEC March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the Treaty, the general arrangements which it applies in its reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price foreign trade ; for products of class I for the month of April 1988 at 197,27 ECU per 100 kilograms net ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of the said Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is Protocol, the products, including tomatoes, specified in equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at Annex A to the Protocol, qualify for preferential arrange­ least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country ments, subject to the tariff quota opened by way of concerned which are marketed on all representative Community Regulation (EEC) No 4063/87 (9) ; markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into Article 1 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 When tomatoes falling within CN code 0702 00 and coefficient fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of originating in the Canary Islands are imported, a counte­ Regulation (EEC) No 723/88 ; vailing charge shall be levied, the amount of which shall be fixed at :

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 85, 30. 3 . 1988, p. 5. (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1988, p. 51 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. (8) OJ No L 302, 15. 11 . 1985, p. 9. 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 380, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 17.

No L 91 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 4. 88

— 14,60 ECU per 100 kilograms net weight for quanti­ However this charge shall not be levied on quantities ties within the tariff quota laid down by Regulation imported into Spain within the tariff quotas laid down by (EEC) No 4063/87, Regulation (EEC) No 4063/87.

Article2¶

— 15,54 ECU per 100 kilograms, for other amounts. This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1988. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President