11.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL98/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No727/78
of10April1978
introducing acountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece,
RomaniaandSpain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No244/78;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasforSpanishcucumberstheentrypricescalcu­
latedinthiswayhaveremainedatleast0-50unitof
accountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargehas
thereforetobeintroducedforthesecucumbers ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No678/78of
5April1978(6)hasintroducedacountervailing
chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece,and
Romania;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No244/78of
6February1978fixingforthemonthsFebruaryto
April1978thereferencepriceforcucumbers (3)fixed
thereferencepriceforClassIproductsat50-47units
ofaccountper100kilogramsforthemonthofApril
1978;Whereasthegroupofexportingcountriesshouldbe
amendedpursuanttoArticle26ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
threeexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationfor
SpainandRomaniaofonechargeequaltothediffer­
encebetweenthereferencepriceandthearithmetic
meanoftheaverageentrypricesestablishedforeach
ofthesetwoexportingcountriesand,forGreece,a
separatetaxequaltothedifferencebetweentherefer­
encepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthelastentry
pricesavailableforthislatterexportingcountry;
whereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No678/78of
5April1978shouldthereforeberepealed;Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onotherWhereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,itshould
becalculatedfortheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL37,7.2.1978,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (6)OJNoL92,6.4.1978,p.12.

NoL98/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities11.4.78
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof11.61unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucum­
bersfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01Pofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpainand
Romania.2.Acountervailing chargeof19.27unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucum­
bers(subheadingex07.01PoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginGreece.
3.Regulation (EEC)No678/78isherebyrepealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12April
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President