31.8.76 NoL239/21 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2133/76
of30August1976
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5);
Whereas,forSpanishplumsofGroupItheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1224/76
of25May1976fixingforthe1976marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIat30-61unitsofaccountper100
kgnetforAugust1976;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof5-54unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtoplums(subheadingex08.07
DoftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesother
thanAltessesimple(commonquetsche,Hausz­
wetschge),Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,originatingin
Spain.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1976.Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentativemarkets
(')OJNoL418,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
P)OJNoL137,26.5.1976,p.18.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.197.5,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30August1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission