25.9.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL252/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2437/80
of24September1980
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Hungary
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1367/80(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forHungarianplumsofGroupII,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0.6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2.25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0.6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthis
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwo
entrypricesavailableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1085/80
of2May1980fixingforthe1980marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupII,at29-97ECUper100kilograms
netforthemonthofSeptember1980;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1-75ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofthefollowingvarie­
ties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hausz­
wetschge),Reine-Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,originatingin
Hungary.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
2)OJNoL140,5.6.1980,p.24.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26
September1980.(3)OJNoL114,3.5.1980,p.5.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24September1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President