31988R2518

No L 220/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 8 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2518/88 of 10 August 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Yugoslavia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (^ 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 plums of group II originating in Yugoslavia the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecu­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should Portugal, therefore be introduced for these plums ;

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 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular the tion to each other at any given moment within a band second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 3 (1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (EEC) No 1 676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation provides that, if the entry price of a product imported (EEC) No 1636/87Q, from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference tion to the Community currencies referred to in the between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 827/88 of 29 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for class I, group II at 55,37 ECU per 100 kilograms net for the month of August 1988 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is A countervailing charge of 23,56 ECU per 100 kilograms equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at net is applied to plums (CN code 0809 40 11 ), of the least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country following varieties : Altesse simple (common quetsche, concerned which are marketed on all representative Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Yugoslavia. is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 August 1988 . (■) OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 85, 30 . 3. 1988, p. 10. («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20. 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 1988.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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