20.9.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL236/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2045/79
of19September1979
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Romania
Whereas,forRomanianplumsofGroupII,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis;
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1301/79(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1102/79
of5June1979fixingforthe1979marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIIproductsat28.64ECUper100
kilogramsnetforSeptember1979;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4).aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof4.29ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesAltesse
simple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-
Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,
RuthGerstetter ,Ontario,Wangenheimer (early
Wangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),Mira­
belleandBosniche,originatinginRomania .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21
September1979.(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(*)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
(>)OJNoL138,6.6.1979,p.5.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20,
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (6)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

NoL236/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.9.79
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19September1979.
FortheCowmission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President