NoL109/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No948/76
of26April1976
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginBulgariaand
Greece
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargehasthereforetobeintroducedforthese
cucumbers ;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No927/76of22April
1976introducingacountervailing chargeoncucum­
bersoriginatinginGreece(6)shouldthereforebe
repealed;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedfortheentrypriceonthe
followingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No625/76of
19March1976fixinguntiltheendofthe1976
marketingyearthereferencepricesforcucumbers(3),
fixedthereferencepriceforclassIproductsat47-78
unitsofaccountper100kgnetforthemonthof
April1976;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72andwhereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentativemarkets
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5)andif
necessarytomultiplythepriceswiththecoefficients
fixedinthefirstindentofArticle1(2)inRegulation
(EEC)No625/76;
WhereasforBulgarianandGreekcucumbersthe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveremainedatHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof9-53unitsofaccount
per100kgnetisappliedtocucumbersfallingwithin
CCTsubheadingex07.01P,andoriginatingin
BulgariaandGreece.
2.Regulation(EEC)No927/76isherebyrepealed.
Article2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28April
1976.
(3)OJNoL74,20.3.1976,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8. (6)OJNoL106,23.4.1976,p.24.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26April1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARD1NOIS
MemberoftheCommission