NoL131/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.5.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1009/78
of18May1978
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginBulgariaand
Romania
ofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargehas
thereforetobeintroducedforthesetomatoes;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No986/78of
16May1978(6)hasintroducedacountervailing
chargeontomatoesoriginatinginBulgaria;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;whereas
Regulation(EEC)No986/78shouldthereforebe
repealed;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedfortheentrypriceonthe
followingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthese'currenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1034/77(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)No824/78of
25April1978fixingforthemonthofMay1978the
referencepricefortomatoes(3)fixedthereference
priceforClassIproductsat77-53unitsofaccount
per100kilograms;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(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;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No824/78;
WhereasforRomaniantomatoestheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveremainedatleast0-50unitHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof26-48unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetisappliedtotomatoes
fallingwithinsubheading07.01MoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginBulgariaand
Romania.
2.Regulation(EEC)No986/78isherebyrepealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20May
1978.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL114,26.4.1978,p.7.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (6)OJNoL128,17.5.1978,p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18May1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President