NoL243/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.8.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2471/81
of25August1981
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Bulgaria
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forBulgarianplumsofGroupI,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1116/81(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1131/81
of28April1981fixingforthe1981marketingyear
thereferencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereference
priceforClassI,GroupI,at49-59ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetforthemonthofAugust1981;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(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(*),thepricestobetakenintoHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof8-78ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesotherthan
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginBulgaria.
Article2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL118,30.4.1981,p.1.0OJNoL118,30.4.1981,p.30.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27August
1981.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25August1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission