28.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL116/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No868/78
of27April1978
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginBulgaria
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinArticle1(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No585/78;
WhereasforBulgariantomatoestheentrypricescalcu­
latedinthiswayhaveforsevenconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesare-more
than0.5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedfortomatoesoriginatinginBulgaria;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromanon-membercountryisalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferencepriceforfivetoseven
consecutivemarketdaysacountervailing chargeis
introducedinrespectofthatnon-membercountry,
saveinexceptionalcases;whereasthatchargeisintro­
ducedwhenthreeentrypricesfallbelowthereference
priceandoneofthoseentrypricesisatleast0.5unit
ofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;whereasthat
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyatleast
0.5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No585/78of
22March1978fixingthereferencepricefortomatoes
forthemonthofApril1978(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofClassIforthemonthofApril
1978at103.07unitsofaccountper100kilograms
net;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestontheaverageofthelowest
representative pricesrecordedforatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailable,lessthedutiesandthe
chargesreferredtoinArticle24(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresen­
tativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof13.59unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtotomatoes(subheading
ex07.01MoftheCommonCustomsTariff)origi­
natinginBulgaria.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29April
1978.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil4
N1978.(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL79,23.3.1978,p.28.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

NoL116/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.4.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President