NoL52/29 24.2.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No369/77
of23February1977
introducingacountervailing chargeonlemonsoriginatinginCyprus
referredtoinRegulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No385/75(5);
WhereasforCypruslemons,theentrypricescalcu­
latedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutivemarketdays
beenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesaremore
than0-5unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice;
whereasacountervailing chargeshouldthereforebe
introducedforlemonsoriginatinginCyprus;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72thatchargeis
appliedinprincipleforsixdays;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallyitshould
becalculatedontheentrypriceonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No795/76(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)No1227/76
of25May1976fixingforthe1976/77marketingyear
referencepricesforlemons(3),fixedfortheproducts
ofqualityClassI,thereferencepriceat19-71unitsof
accountper100kilogramsnetforthemonthof
February 1977;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestontheaverageofthelowest
representative pricesrecordedforatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesfromtheexportingcountryconcerned
whicharemarketedonallrepresentative marketsfor
whichpricesareavailable,lessthedutiesandthe
chargesreferredtoinArticle24(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresen­
tativepriceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereasitisnecessarytorecordthepricestobe
takenintoconsiderationontherepresentativemarketsHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3-05unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtolemons(subheading
ex08.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff)origi­
natinginCyprus.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25February
1977.Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle26(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72,thisRegulationshallbeapplicableuntil2
March 1977.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL137,26.5.1976,p.23.(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23February1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President