27.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL170/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1416/78
of26June1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forSpanishplumsofGroupItheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1154/78(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;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2.25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity; o>
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1233/78
of8June1978fixingforthe1978marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIat34-99unitsofaccountper100
kgnetfortheperiod11Juneto31July1978;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof7-87unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07D
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesother
thanAltessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetschge),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;
Article2Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28June
1978.
(})OJNoL153,9.6.1978,p.14.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. (5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

NoL170/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.6.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President