17.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL11/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No68/79
of16January1979
fixingcountervailing chargesonseeds
havenoeconomiceffectonthemarketbecauseofthe
insignificantquantitiesforwhichtheyaremadeareto
bedisregardedforthepurposeofcalculatingthese
prices;
WhereasunderArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No
1665/72anadjustmentmustbemadeinthecaseof
informationonpricesreferringtoastageotherthan
free-at-Community-frontier ;whereasunderArticle4
(2)ofthatRegulationthecountervailing chargemust
beamendedwhereasignificantvariationinthefree­
at-frontierofferpriceisrecorded;
Whereas,asaresultoftheapplicationoftheafore­
mentionedprovisionstotheinformationcurrently
availabletotheCommission ,thecountervailing
chargeinrespectofcertaintypesofhybridistobe
fixedattheamountsindicatedintheAnnextothis
Regulation ;whereasthehybridtypesaredefinedin
Article2(1)(B)ofCouncilDirective66/402/EECof
14June1966onthemarketingofcerealseed(5);
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSeedshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2358/71of26October1971onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinseeds(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1346/78(2),andinparticular
Article6(5)thereof,
WhereasArticle6(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2358/71
providesthatwherethefree-at-frontier offerprice,
pluscustomsdutiesforatypeofhybridmaize,
comingfromanon-membercountry,forsowingis
lowerthanthecorresponding referenceprice,acoun­
tervailingchargeshallbeleviedonimportsofthe
hybridfromthatcountry,subjecttoobligations
resultingfrombindingunderGAIT;whereasthe
countervailing chargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthefree-at-frontier
pricepluscustomsduties;
Whereasthereferencepricesforthe1978/79
marketingyearforhybridmaizeforsowingwerefixed
inCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1410/78(3);
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeach
countryofprovenancearedeterminedusingallavail­
ablerelevantinformation ;whereassuchrelevantinfor­
mationisdefinedinArticle1(1),(2)and(3)of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1665/72(4);
whereasArticle3ofthesameRegulationprovides
thatthefree-at-frontier offerpricesforeachcountryof
provenanceshallbedeterminedfromthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunitiesfortheproductsinques­
tioncalculatedinaccordancewithArticles 1and2of
thatRegulation ;whereasinformationonofferswhich4
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thecountervailing chargesonseedsarefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto. 1
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16January1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL246,5.11.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL165,22.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.32.
(4)OJNoL175,2.8.1972,p.49. (5)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2309/66.

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ANNEX
Countervailing chargeonhybridmaizeforsowing
(AVA/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmount
ofcountervailing
charge(')Countryoforigin
ofgoods
10.05 Maize:
exA.Hybrid,forsowing:
—Three-crosshybrids 100
130Hungary
Romania
(!)Thecountervailing chargeshallnotexceed4%ofthecustomsvalue.