15.3.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL68/21
REGULATION (EEC)No690/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of14March1975
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpainand
Romania
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(')of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof;fixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No519/75;
WhereasforSpanishandRomaniancucumbersthe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargehasthereforetobeintroducedforthese
cucumbers ;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No519/75(3)
of28February1975fixinguntiltheendofthe1975
marketingyearthereferencepricesforcucumbers ,
fixedthereferencepriceforClassIproductsat5703
unitsofaccountper100kgnetforthemonthof
March1975;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72andwhereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsideration ontherepresentative markets
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5)andif
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficientsArticle1
Acountervailing chargeof6-54unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtocucumbers ,fallingwithin
CCTsubheadingex07.01P,andoriginatinginSpain
andRomania .
')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18March
1975.P)OJNoL55,1.3.1975,p.63.Y)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

NoL68/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.75
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14March1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission