31992R3363

No L 341 /6 24. 11 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3363/92

of 23 November 1992

introducing a corrective amount on the import of artichokes into the Community of Ten from Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tive market days, alternately above and below the offer price and whereas two of these entry prices are at least Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ECU 0,6 below the offer price ; whereas a corrective Economic Community, amount equal to the difference between the Community offer price and the Spanish offer price must therefore be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and introduced for these products from Spain ; Portugal, Whereas if the system is to operate normally the offer Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 price of the Spanish product should be calculated on the of 4 December 1989 laying down general rules for imple­ following basis : menting the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as — in the case of currencies the spot market rates for regards the compensatory mechanism for imports of fruit which are maintained in relationship to each other and vegetables from Spain ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor Whereas Article 152 of the Act of Accession introduces provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) from 1 January 1990 a compensatory mechanism for of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as imports into the Community as constituted on 31 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 0 ; December 1985, hereinafter called 'the Community of — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an Ten', of fruit and vegetables from Spain for which a average of the ecu rates published in the Official reference price is fixed with regard to third countries ; Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 lays cient referred to in the preceding indent, down general rules for applying the said compensatory mechanism ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/90 (2), lays down detailed rules for applying the compensatory Article 1 mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain ; On import into the Community of Ten of artichokes CN code 0709 10 00 from Spain a corrective amount of ECU Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3139/92 of 6,28 per 100 kilograms net shall be levied. 30 January 1991 (3) fixed, for the 1992/93 marketing year, the Community offer price for artichokes applicable with Article 2 regard to Spain ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November Whereas, in the case of artichokes, the Spanish offer price 1992. as calculated in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 has been, for five consecu­ It shall be valid until 30 November 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1992.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

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