26.1.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL22/59
REGULATION (EEC)No216/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of25January1974
introducing acountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofsweetoranges
importedfromAlgeria
Whereas,fororangesimportedfromAlgeriaofthe
varietieslistedinArticle1(3)(c),ofRegulation(EEC)
No3303/73theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remaindatleast0-50unitofaccountbelowtherefer­
encepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroduced
forcertainvarietiesofsweetorangesimportedfrom
Algeria;
Whereasiftherefundsystemistooperatenormally
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(l)of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3303/73(3)of6December1973fixingthereference
pricesforsweetorangesforthe1973/74marketing
yearfixedthereferencepriceforClassIproductsof
GroupIIat15-5unitsofaccountper100kgnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72,andwhereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentative markets
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No1291/70(4),
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2846/72(5)and
affectthispricewhereapplicablebythecoefficients
fixedinArticle 1(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3303/73;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3-2unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtofreshsweetoranges
(subheadingNoex08.02AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff)importedfromAlgeriaotherthanthe
varietiesMoro,Tarocco,Biondoncomune(Blanca
comuna,Blondecommune),GranodeOro(Imperial,
Sucrena),Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,Bloodoval
(Doble-fina,Doublefine),Portuguesesanguine,
Sanguinaredonda(Entrefina),Surinamvarietiesand
theordinarySanguinavariety,withtheexceptionof
Navelsanguines(improvedDoublefine,Washington
sanguina,Sanguinagrande)andMaltesesanguines.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.147.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29January
1974.(3)OJNoL338,7.12.1973,p.32.
(*)OJNoL144,2.7.1970,p.10.
(5)OJNoL299,31.12.1972,p.1.

NoL22/60 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.1.74
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25January1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI