22.8.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL214/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1853/79
of21August1979
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Yugoslavia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1301/79(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forYugoslavplumsofGroupItheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79(6)
fixedthecoefficientfortheconversionintoECUof
amountsfixedinunitsofaccount,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1102/79
of5June1979fixingforthe1979marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIat42.50ECUper100kilograms
netforAugust1979;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof9.39ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesotherthan
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginYugoslavia .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23August
1979.Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
(3)OJNoL138,6.6.1979,p.5.
(<)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.
(*)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21August1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President