NoL17/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.1.73
REGULATION (EEC)No134/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of19January1973
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofsweetorangesimported
fromSpain
applicablebythecoefficientsfixedinArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No2522/72;
Whereas,iftheonlypricesavailableinrespectof
agivenproductorgivenexportingcountryrelate
toproductsmarketedinaqualityclasslowerthan
thatbyreferencetowhichthereferencepriceis
fixed,thesepricesareusedastheystandif,by
reasonofproductionconditionsintheexporting
countryconcerned,suchproductshavebeennorm­
allyortraditionallymarketedinthatqualityclass;
"Whereas,fororangesimportedfromSpainofthe
varietieslistedinArticle2(1)(c),ofRegulation (EEC)
No2522/72,theentrypricecalculatedinthisway
hasremainedatleast0·50unitofaccountbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldtherefore
beintroducedforcertainvarietiesofsweetoranges
importedfromSpain;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)of18May1972onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),and
inparticularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
27(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofa
productimportedfromathirdcountryremainsat
least0·50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acountervailing
chargemustbeintroducedinrespectoftheexport­
ingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmean
ofthelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthat
exportingcountry;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2522/72(3)of30November1972fixingthereference
pricesforsweetorangesfixedthereferenceprice
forClassIproductsofGroupIIat14·8unitsof
accountper100kgnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestpriceortothearithmeticmean
ofthelowestpricesrecordedforatleast30°/oof
thequantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative markets
forwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,
chargesandtransportcostsindicatedinArticle
24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasthepricestobetakenintoconsideration
arepricesontherepresentative marketsreferredto
inRegulation (EEC)No1291/70(4),recordedor
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article4ofthatRegulation,andaffectedwhereArticle1
Acountervailing chargeof0·60unitofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtofreshsweetoranges(sub­
headingex08.02AIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)importedfromSpainotherthanthevarieties
Moro,Tarocco,Biondocomune (Blancacomuna,
Blondecommune),Granodeoro(Imperial,Sucrena),
Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,Bloodoval(Doble­
fina,Doublefine),Portuguesesanguine,Sanguina
redonda (Entrefina),Surinamvarietiesandtheor­
dinarySanguinavariety,withtheexceptionofNavel
sanguines (improveddoublefine,Washington
sanguina,Sanguinagrande)andMaltesesanguines.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23January
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
HOJNo/.118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL.291,28.12.1972,p.147.
(3)OJNo1.270,1.12.1972,p.63.
(4)OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.