NoL72/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.3.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No550/79
of22March1979
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofapplesoriginatingin
Poland
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No325/79(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1532/78
of30June1978fixingthereferencepricesforapples
forthe1978/79marketingyear(3)fixedthereference
priceforClassIproductsofGroupIIat19-77unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetforMarch1979;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandchargesreferred^oinArticle24(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaning
ofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle24(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forapplesfromPolandofthevarietieslisted
inArticle1(3)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No1532/78,
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
certainvarietiesofapplesoriginatinginPoland;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
pricesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof7-23unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtoapplesoriginatingin
Poland(subheadingex08.06AIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff)andspecifiedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24March
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
I2)OJNoL45,22.2.1979,p.1.
0OJNoL179,1.7.1978,p.26.
HOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. (5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ANNEX
Allvarietiesofappleswiththeexceptionofthefollowing :
GoldenDelicious,RedDelicious,Richared,StarkDelicious,Starking,Starkrimson ,YellowTrans­
parentKlarapfel,JamesGrieve,BelledeBoskoop,StaymanWinesap,Staymanred,Blackwinesap,
GrannySmith,Dunn'sSeedling,KingCole,Cleopatra,Democrat,YellowNewton,Crofton,Ingrid
Marie,Sturmer,Laxton'ssuperb,Scarletpearmain,Whitewinterpearmain,GeevestonFanny,Tyde­
man'searlyWorcester,Benoni,Starkearliest,Winston,ReinetteduCanada,Berlepsch,Annurca,
Lodi,Gravensteiner ,Miller'sSeedling,Worcesterpearmain,Weißwinterglockenapfel ,Cortland,
Spartan,RedMacintosh,variousvarietiesofCox'svarieties,Abbondanza (Belfort),Rambourd'hiver,
Brettacher,Horneburger ,KruegersDickstiel,Kirchenwerder ,Finkenweder ,WinterBanana,Limon­
cella,Commercio ,ReinetteClochard,Ontario,ReinetteduMans,Lemoenapfel ,Bramley'sSeedling
(TriomphedeKiel),Pella,andmutationsoftheabovevarieties.