NoL313/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.11.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2601/78
of6November 1978
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginRomania
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1180/78;
WhereasforRomaniantomatoestheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforsevenconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereastwooftheseentrypricesare
morethan0-5unitofaccountbelowthereference
price;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthere­
forebeintroducedfortomatoesoriginatingin
Romania;
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)No1766/78(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)No1180/78
of31May1978fixinguntiltheendofthe1978
marketingyearthereferencepricefortomatoes(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIforthe
period1Octoberto20December1978at24-54units
ofaccountper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltotheaverageofthelowestrepresentative
pricesrecordedforatleast30%ofthequantities
fromtheexportingcountryconcernedwhichare
marketedonallrepresentative marketsforwhich
pricesareavailable,lessthedutiesandthecharges
referredtoinArticle24(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby.Regula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof0-57unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtotomatoes(subheading
ex07.01MoftheCommonCustomsTariff)origi­
natinginRomania.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8November
1978.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil13
November1978.(1)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.
(3)OJNoL145,1.6.1978,p.43.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6November1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President