21.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL49/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No348/78
of20February1978
introducingacountervailing chargeonmandarins (includingtangerinesand
satsumas),Clementines ,wilkingsandothersimilarcitrushybridsoriginatingin
Morocco
(EEC)No385/75(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessary,whereappropriate ,to
multiplythepriceswiththecoefficientsfixedin
Article1(2),ofRegulation (EEC)No2592/77;
WhereasforthoseproductsoriginatinginMorocco
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshmandarins (includingtangerinesand
satsumas),Clementines ,wilkingsandothersimilar
citrushybridsoriginatinginMorocco;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inprevioussubparagraph ,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 ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2592/77
of24November1977fixingforthe1977/78
marketingyearthereferencepriceformandarins
(includingtangerinesandsatsumas),Clementines ,wilk­
ingsandothersimilarcitrushybrids(3),fixedforthose
productsofqualityClassIthereferencepriceat19-74
unitsofaccountper100kgnetfortheperiod1
November1977to28February1978;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),asamendedbyRegulationHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3-59unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtofreshmandarins(including
tangerinesandsatsumas),Clementines ,wilkingsand
othersimilarcitrushybrids(subheadingex08.02Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff)originatinginMorocco.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22February
1978.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL301,25.11.1977,p.20.
(")OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. (5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20February1978
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President