7.7.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL185/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1573/78
of6July1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumsoriginatingin
Spain
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1154/78(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;
Whereas,forSpanishplumsofGroupItheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthese
plums;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0.50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
whereasthischargeisequaltothedifferencebetween
thereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanofthe
lasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1233/78
of8June1978fixingforthe1978marketingyearthe
referencepriceforplums(3),fixedthereferenceprice
forClassI,GroupIat34.99unitsofaccountper100
kgnetfortheperiod11Juneto31July1978;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofMlunitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtoplums(subheading08.07D
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),ofvarietiesother
thanAltessesimple(commonquetsche,Haus­
zwetschge),Reine-Claude d'Oullins(OullinsGage),
Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter ,Ontario,Wangen­
heimer(earlyWangenheim quetsche),Pershore
(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,originatingin
Spain.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegulaArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8July1978.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL144,31.5.1978,p.5.
(3)OJNoL153,9.6.1978,p.14.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20. (5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6July1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President