NoL275/66 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2426/79
of31October1979
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No646/79;
Whereas,forGreekcucumbers,theentrypricecalcu­
latedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-50unitof
accountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1301/79(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)No646/79of
2April1979fixinguntiltheendofthe1979
marketingyearthereferencepriceforcucumbers(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIfor
October1979at46-36unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailableless
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(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(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onotherWhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof8-48ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01
PoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Greece.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3November
1979.(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
(3)OJNoL83,3.4.1979,p.8.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (6)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President