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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2418/78
of17October1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1178/78;
WhereasforGreekcucumbers,theentrypricescalcu­
latedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutivemarketdays
beenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereastwooftheseentrypricesaremorethan
0-5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforcucumbersoriginatinginGreece;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—incaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithina
bandof2-25%arateofexchangebasedontheir
effectiveparity,
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/78(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromanon-membercountryisalternatively
aboveandbelowthereferencepriceforfivetoseven
consecutivemarketdaysacountervailing chargeis
introducedinrespectofthatnon-membercountry,
saveinexceptionalcases;whereasthatchargeisintro­
ducedwhenthreeentrypricesfallbelowthereference
priceandoneofthoseentrypricesisatleast0-5unit
ofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;whereasthat
chargeisequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyatleast
0-5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1178/78
of31May1978fixinguntiltheendofthe1978
marketingyearthereferencepriceforcucumbers(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIforthe
monthofOctober1978at44-16unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnet;
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;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentativeHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3-20unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucumbers
(subheadingex07.01PoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginGreece.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19October
1978.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil24
October1978.(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.
(3)OJNoL145,1.6.1978,p.40.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17October1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President