NoL267/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.10.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2494/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of2October1974
introducingacountervailing chargeontablegrapesoriginatinginBulgariaand
Romania
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargehasthereforetobeintroducedforthese
tablegrapes;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;whereas
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2486/74(5)of1
October1974introducingacountervailing chargeon
tablegrapesoriginatinginRomaniashouldtherefore
berepealed;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1363/74(3)of31May1974fixingthereferenceprices
fortablegrapesforthe1974marketingyearfixedthe
referencepriceforclassIproductsat19-8unitsof
accountper100kgnetforthemonthofOctober
1974;
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);
WhereasforBulgarianandRomaniantablegrapesthe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.
(J)OJNoL147,1.6.1974,p.44.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof7-4unitsofaccount
per100kgnetisappliedtotablegrapes,falling
withinCCTsubheading08.04AI,andoriginatingin
BulgariaandRomania.
2.Regulation (EEC)No2486/74ishereby
repealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4October
1974.
(5)OJNoL265,2.10.1974,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI