NoL66/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.3.74
REGULATION (EEC)No547/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of7March1974
introducing acountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofsweetoranges
importedfromAlgeria
Whereas,fororangesimportedfromAlgeriaofthe
varietieslistedinArticle1(3)(c),ofRegulation (EEC)
No3303/73theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0-50unitofaccountbelowtherefer­
encepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroduced
forcertainvarietiesofsweetorangesimportedfrom
Algeria;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(])of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfroma.thirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3303/73(3)of6December1973fixingthereference
pricesforsweetorangesforthe1973/74marketing
yearfixedthereferencepriceforClassIproductsof
GroupIIat15-5unitsofaccountper100kgnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,andwhereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsideration ontherepresentative markets
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No1291/70(4),
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2846/72(5)and
affectthispricewhereapplicablebythecoefficients
fixedinArticle 1(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3303/73;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1unitofaccountper100
kgnetisappliedtofreshsweetoranges(subheading
Noex08-02AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)
importedfromAlgeriaotherthanthevarietiesMoro,
Tarocco,Biondocomune(Blancacomuna,Blonde
commune),GranodeOro(Imperial,Sucrena),Baladi,
Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,Bloodoval(Doble-fina ,
Doublefine),Portuguesesanguine,Sanguinaredonda
(Entrefina),Surinamvarietiesandtheordinary
Sanguinavariety,withtheexceptionofNavel
sanguines (improvedDoublefine,Washington
sanguina,Sanguinagrande)andMaltesesanguines.
Article2
(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.
(3)OJNoL338,7.12.1973,p.32.
(«)OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.
5OJNoL299,31.12.1972,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9March
1974.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7March1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI