NoL96/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.4.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No944/81
of7April1981
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthefirstsubparagraphof
Article1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No430/81;
Whereas,forSpanishcucumbers,theentryprice
calculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldtherefore
beintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1367/80(2),andin
particularthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No430/81of
19February1981fixingthereferencepricefor
cucumbersforthe1981marketingyear(')fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofClass1forthemonth
ofApril1981at73-58ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthe
dutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaning
ofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle24(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78('),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1012ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01
PIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Spain.
(■)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL140,5.6.1980,p.24.Article2
(3)OJNoL47,20.2.1981,p.25.ftOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.ftOJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9April1981.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7April1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission