NoL161/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1284/79
of28June1979
introductingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain
whereas,forSpanishplumsofGroupI,theentry
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)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1208/79(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
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,GroupI,at44-37ECUper100kilograms
netfortheperiod11Juneto31July1979;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentativepriceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof7-98ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesotherthan
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginSpain.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30June
1979.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL153,21.6.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL138,6.6.1979,p.5.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
5OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (<•)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President