NoL263/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities19.10.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2294/79
of18October1979
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginRomania
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No646/79;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1301/79(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)
thereof,WhereasforRomaniancucumbers,theentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesaremore
than0-5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforcucumbersoriginatinginRomania;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromanon-membercountryisalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferencepriceforfivetoseven
consecutivemarketdaysacountervailing chargeis
introducedinrespectofthatnon-membercountry,
saveinexceptionalcases;whereasthatchargeisintro­
ducedwhenthreeentrypricesfallbelowthereference
priceandoneofthoseentrypricesisatleast0-5unit
ofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;whereasthat
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyatleast
05unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No646/79of
2April1979fixingthereferencepriceforcucumbers
untiltheendofthe1979marketingyear(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofClassIforthemonth
ofOctober1979at46-36unitsofaccountper100
kilogramsnet;—incaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithina
bandof2-25%arateofexchangebasedontheir
effectiveparity,
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;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:WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
(•)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
P)OJNoL83,3.4.1979,p.8.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.
(6)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

19.10.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL263/17
Article2 HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof10.80ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheadingex
07.01PoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originating
inRomania.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20October
1979.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil25
October1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President