31988R2603

20 . 8 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 231 /27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2603/88 of 19 August 1988 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Cyprus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 3811 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into conside­ Economic Community, ration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas, for table grapes originating in Cyprus the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 below the reference price for two consecutive market of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by introduced for these table grapes ; Regulation (EEC) No 2238 /88 (2), and in particular the Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, price should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ provides that, if the entry price of a product imported tion to each other at any given moment within a band from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0, between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the the last two entry prices available for that exporting arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of country ; these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 830/88 of 29 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, March 1988 fixing for the 1988 marketing year the reference prices for table grapes (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I at 51,13 ECU per 100 kilo­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : grams net for the period 21 July to 31 August 1988 ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is Article 1 equal to the lowest representative prices recorded , for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country A countervailing charge of 11,55 ECU per 100 kilograms concerned which are marketed on all representative net is applied to table grapes (CN codes 0806 10 15 and markets for which prices are available less the duties and 0806 10 19) originating in Cyprus . the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price Article 2 is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 August 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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