13.8.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL220/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2005/76
of12August1976
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5);
Whereas,forSpanishplumsofGroupItheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremaindedatleast
0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast050
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptional circumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1224/76
of25May1976fixingforthe1976marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIat30-61unitsofaccountper100
kgnetforAugust1976;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof4-81unitsofaccountper
100legnetisappliedtoplums(subheadingex08.07
DoftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesother
thanAltessesimple(commonquetsche,Hausz­
wetschge),Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,originatingin
Spain.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhich,-pricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;.
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentative marketsArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14August
1976.
(■)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL137,26.5.1976,p.18.(•>)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

NoL220/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.8.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12August1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission