31988R1019

19 , 4. 88 No L 100/28 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1019/88

of 18 April 1988

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, eration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European is necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficient Economic Community, fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (2) of Regulation Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and (EEC) No 297/88 ; Portugal, Whereas, for cucumbers originating in Spain (except the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Canary Islands) the entry price calculated in this way has of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for market in fruit and vegetables ^), as last amended by two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 (2), and in particular the charge should therefore be introduced for these cucum­ second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, 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 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 the last two entry prices available for that exporting tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ country ; tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0, 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 92,76 ECU per 100 kilograms tion to the Community currencies referred to in the net for the month of April 1988 ; 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 34,92 ECU per 100 kilograms 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 Poland. 1035/72 ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 0, the prices to be taken into consid­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April 1988 .

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

States .

Done at Brussels, 18 April 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

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