22.9.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL243/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2078/77
of21September1977
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Czechoslovakia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Havingregardto-CouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,(EEC)No385/75(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances onother
markets;
Whereas,forCzechoslovak plumsofGroupIIthe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseplums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis;
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1213/77
of7June1977fixingforthe1977marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIIat21-51unitsofaccountper100
kgnetforSeptember 1977;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1-88unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07D
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesAltesse
simple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine­
Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,
RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer (early
Wangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),Mira­
belleandBosniche,originatinginCzechoslovakia .Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Article2Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),asamendedbyRegulation \
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23
September1977.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL140,8.6.1977,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. (5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21September1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President