NoL293/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.11.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2554/79
of19November 1979
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginRomania
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinArticle1(2)(b)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No827/79;
Whereas,forRomaniantomatoes,theentryprice
calculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast0-50unit
ofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing charge
shouldthereforebeintroducedforthesetomatoes ;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(6)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1301/79(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)No827/79of
26April1979fixinguntiltheendofthe1979
marketingyearthereferencepricefortomatoes(3)
fixedthereferencepriceforproductsofClassIforthe
period1Octoberto20December1979at30-79ECU
per100kilogramsnet;
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),thepricestobetakenintoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof3-80ECUper100kilo­
gramsnetisappliedtotomatoes(subheading07.01M
oftheCommonCustomsTariff)originatingin
Romania .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21
November1979.(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
(3)OJNoL105,27.4.1979,p.20.
(«)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5. (6)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19November1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President