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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2318/82
of24August1982
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Bulgaria
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forBulgarianplumsofGroupI,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entryprteeshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2*25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1738/82(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No961/82of
27April1982fixingthereferencepricesforplumsfor
the1982marketingyear(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupI,at55-05ECUper100kilograms
netforthemonthofAugust1982;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentativepriceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3011/81(5),thepricestobetakenintoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof18-70ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesotherthan
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginBulgaria.
Article2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL190,1.7.1982,p.7.
(3)OJNoL114,28.4.1982,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(*)OJNoL301,22.10.1981,p.18.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26August
1982.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24August1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission