31990R0656

No L 71 /20 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 3 . 90

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 656/90

of 16 March 1990

introducing a countervailing charge on fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (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 fresh sweet oranges originating in Egypt the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and entry price calculated in this way has remained at least Portugal, ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these fresh sweet oranges ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry Regulation (EEC) No 11 19/89 (2), and in particular the price should be . calculated on the following basis : second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 tion to each other at any given moment within a band provides that, if the entry price of a product imported of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (^ as last amended by Regula­ exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8), stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of the last two entry prices available for that exporting these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ country ; tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3104/89 of 16 October 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year the reference prices for fresh sweet oranges (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for the period 1 December 1989 to 31 May 1990 at ECU 22,66 per 100 kilograms net ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is 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) No 1035/72 according to the dispositions of Regulation A countervailing charge of ECU 2,42 per 100 kilograms (EEC) No 3982/89 of 20 December 1989 altering the net is applied to fresh sweet oranges (CN code entry price for citrus fruit originating in certain Mediter­ ex 0805 10) originating in Egypt. ranian third countries (4) ; whereas the meaning of repre­ sentative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (*), as last amended by Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 1990. r (•) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 298 , 17. 10 . 1989, p. 10. 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 380, 29 . 12. 1989, p. 24. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. (») 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, 16 March 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission