NoL320/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.11.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2662/78
of13November 1978
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginRomania
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1180/78;
Whereas,forRomaniantomatoes,theentryprice
calculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-50unit
ofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing charge
shouldthereforebeintroducedforthesetomatoes;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,the
entrypriceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/78(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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1180/78
of31May1978fixinguntiltheendofthe1978
marketingyearthereferencepricefortomatoes(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIforthe
period1Octoberto20December1978at24-54units
ofaccountper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof0-91unitofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtotomatoes(subheading
ex07.01MoftheCommonCustomsTariff)origi­
natinginRomania.
Article2
0)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.
(3)OJNoL145,1.6.1978,p.43.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15
November1978.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13November1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President