31992R3531

8 . 12. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 358 / 1 1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3531/92 of 7 December 1992 introducing a corrective amount on the import of artichokes into the Community of Ten from Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, remained for two consecutive market days at a level at least ECU 0,6 below the Community offer price ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European a corrective amount equal to the difference between the Economic Community, Community offer price and the Spanish offer price must therefore be introduced for these products from Spain ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas if the system is to operate normally the offer Portugal, price of the Spanish product should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 of 4 December 1989 laying down general rules for imple­ — in the case of currencies the spot market rates for menting the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as which are maintained in relationship to each other regards the compensatory mechanism for imports of fruit within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on and vegetables from Spain ('), and in particular Article 4 their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor (2) thereof, provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (4), as last Whereas Article 152 of the Act of Accession introduces amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (*) ; from 1 January 1990 a compensatory mechanism for — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an imports into the Community as constituted on average of the ecu rates published in the Official 31 December 1985, hereinafter called 'the Community of Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Ten', of fruit and vegetables from Spain for which a a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ reference price is fixed with regard to third countries ; cient referred to in the preceding indent,

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 3139/92 (2) fixed, for the 1992/93 marketing year, the Community Article 1 offer price for artichokes applicable with regard to Spain ; On import into the Community of Ten of artichokes (CN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/90 (3) code 0709 10 00) from Spain a corrective amount of ECU lays down detailed rules for applying the compensatory 5,78 per 100 kilograms net shall be levied. mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain ; Article 2 Whereas, in the case of artichokes the offer price for the Spanish product as calculated in accordance with the This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 December 1992. provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3709/89 has

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

Done at Brussels, 7 December 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 363, 13. 12. 1989, p. 3. (2) OJ No L 313, 30. 10 . 1992, p. 31 . (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 43. 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.