NoL222/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.8.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2321/83
of12August1983
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Bulgaria
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2004/83(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forBulgarianplumsofgroupI,theentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1336/83
of27May1983fixingforthe1983marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferenceprice
forclassI,groupI,at60,17ECUper100kilograms
netforthemonthofAugust1983;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)N61035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentativepriceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3011/81(*),thepricestobetakenintoArticle1
Acountervailing chargeof22,23ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07Dof
theCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesotherthan
Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),
Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer
(earlyWangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),
MirabelleandBosniche,originatinginBulgaria.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL198,21.7.1983,p.2.
3)OJNoL139,28.5.1983,p.24.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16August
1983.(<)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL301,22.10.1981,p.18

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12August1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission