2.4.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL95/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No878/85
of1April1985
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginSpain
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No270/85;
Whereas,forSpanishcucumbers,theentryprice
calculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0,6ECU
belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutivemarket
days;whereasacountervailing chargeshouldtherefore
beintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/840,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,andtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1332/84(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6
ECUbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeintro­
ducedinrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,
saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischarge
isequaltothedifferencebetweenthereferenceprice
andthearithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentryprices
availableforthatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No270/85of
31January1985fixingforthe1985marketingyear
thereferencepricesforcucumbers(3)fixedthe
referencepriceforproductsofclassIforthemonthof
March1985at110,46ECUper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedfor
atleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthe
dutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaning
ofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle24(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3110/830,thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof10,61ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtocucumbers(subheading07.01
PIoftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Spain.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3April1985. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
0OJNoL130,16.5.1984,p.1.
(3)OJNoL28,1.2.1985,p.42.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.5.(6)JONoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
0JONoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1April1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President