21.9.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL257/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2279/76
of20September1976
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Czechoslovakia
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No385/75(5);
Whereas,forCzechoslovak plumsofGroupIIthe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseplums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtobeCommunitycurrenciesreferredtoin
theprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1224/76
of25May1976fixingforthe1976marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIIat20-68unitsofaccountper100
kgnetforSeptember1976;Article1
Acountervailing chargeof5*61unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtoplums(subheadingex08.07
DoftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesAltesse
simple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-
Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,
RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer (early
Wangenheim quetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),Mira­
belleandBosniche,originatinginCzechoslovakia .Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentative marketsArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22
September1976.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(})OJNoL137,26.5.1976,p.18.(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20September1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission