24.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL329/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2734/78
of23November 1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1178/78;
Whereas,forSpanishcucumbers,theentrypricecalcu­
latedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-50unitof
accountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/78(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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1178/78
of31May1978fixinguntiltheendofthe1978
marketingyearthereferencepriceforcucumbers(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIforthe
monthofNovember1978at53-45unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(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—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof259unitofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucumbers
(subheadingex07.01PoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginSpain.
Article2
0)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.
(3)OJNoL145,1.6.1978,p.40.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(*)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25
November1978.

NoL329/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.11.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President