NoL100/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No744/78
of12April1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginBulgaria
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinArticle1(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No244/78;
WhereasforBulgariancucumbers,theentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforsevenconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentryprices
aremorethan0.5unitofaccountbelowthereference
price;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthere­
forebeintroducedforcucumbersoriginatingin
Bulgaria;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromanon-membercountryisalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferencepriceforfivetoseven
consecutivemarketdaysacountervailing chargeis
introducedinrespectofthatnon-membercountry,
saveinexceptionalcases;whereasthatchargeisintro­
ducedwhenthreeentrypricesfallbelowthereference
priceandoneofthoseentrypricesisatleast0.5unit
ofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;whereasthat
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyatleast
0.5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
WhereasCommisssion Regulation (EEC)No244/78
of6February1978fixingthereferencepricefor
cucumbersforthemonthsFebruarytoApril1978(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofclassIforthe
monthofApril1978at50.47unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestontheaverageofthelowest
representative pricesrecordedforatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailable,lessthedutiesandthe
chargesreferredtoinArticle24(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresen­
tativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof10.96unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucumbers
(subheadingex07.01PoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginBulgaria.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14April
1978.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil19
April1978.(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL37,7.2.1978,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1978
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President