31991R0351

No L 41 /26 14 . 2 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 351/91 of 13 February 1991 introducing a corrective amount on the import of cucumbers into the Community of Ten from Spain (except the Canary Islands)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Community offer price and the Spanish offer price must therefore be introduced for these products from Spain (except the Canary Islands) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas if the system is to operate normally the offer price of the Spanish product should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, — in the case of currencies the spot market rates for which are maintained in relationship to each other within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor of 4 December 1989 laying down general rules for imple­ provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) menting the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last regards the compensatory mechanism for imports of fruit amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 0 ; and vegetables from Spain ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Whereas Article 152 of the Act of Accession introduces a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ from 1 January 1990 a compensatory mechanism for cient referred to in the preceding indent ; imports into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, hereinafter called 'the Community of Ten', of fruit and vegetables from Spain (except the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Canary Islands) for which a reference price is fixed with in accordance with the opinion of the Management regard to third countries ; Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 lays down general rules for \applying the said compensatory mechanism ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 221 /91 (2) fixed, for the 1991 marketing year, the Community offer price for cucumbers applicable with regard to Spain (except the Canary Islands) ; Article 1

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3815/89 (3) On import into the Community of Ten of cucumbers lays down detailed rules for applying the compensatory (CN codes 0707 00 1 1 and 0707 00 19) from Spain (except mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain the Canary Islands) a corrective amount of ECU 15,28 per (except the Canary Islands) ; 100 kilograms net shall be levied.

Whereas, in the case of cucumbers, the offer price for the Spanish product as calculated in accordance with the Article 2 provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 has remained for two consecutive market days at a level at least ECU 0,6 below the Community offer price ; whereas a corrective amount equal to the difference between the This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February 1991 .

(') OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1991 , p. 26. O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 371 , 20. 12. 1989, p. 28 . (0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 February 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission