NoL66/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.3.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No507/77
of11March1977
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginBulgariaand
Spain
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargehasthereforetobeintroducedforthese
cucumbers ;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;whereas
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No459/77of4March
1977introducingacountervailing chargeoncucum­
bersoriginatinginSpain(6)shouldthereforebe
repealed;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedfortheentrypriceonthe
followingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No256/77of
4February1977fixingforthemonthsofFebruaryto
April1977thereferencepriceforcucumbers(3),fixed
thereferencepriceforClassIproductsat61-69units
ofaccountper100kilogramsnetforthemonthof
March1977;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentative markets
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5),andif
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficients
fixedinArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No256/77;
WhereasforBulgarianandSpanishcucumbersthe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveremainedatHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof7-61unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucumbersfalling
withinsubheadingex07-01PoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginBulgariaandSpain.
2.Regulation(EEC)No459/77isherebyrepealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15March
1977.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL34,5.2.1977,p.52.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8. (6)OJNoL60,5.3.1977,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11March1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President