7.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL64/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No467/78
of6March1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece,Spain
andRomania
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficientsfixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No244/78;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasforRomaniancucumberstheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveremainedatleast0-50unit
ofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargehas
thereforetobeintroducedforthesecucumbers ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1034/77(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No426/78of
28February 1978(6),hasintroducedacountervailing
chargeoncucumbersoriginatinginGreece;WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No445/78of
2March1978(7)introducedacountervailing charge
oncucumbersoriginatinginSpain;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No244/78of
6February1978fixingforthemonthsFebruaryto
April1978thereferencepriceforcucumbers(3),fixed
thereferencepriceforClassIproductsat62-63units
ofaccountper100kilogramsforthemonthofMarch
1978;Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
threeexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;whereas
CommissionRegulations (EEC)No426/78and(EEC)
No445/78shouldthereforeberepealed;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedfortheentrypriceonthe
followingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No385/75(5),thepricestobetakeninto
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL125,19.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL37,7.2.1978,p.11.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.(6)OJNoL59,1.3.1978,p.41.
(7)OJNoL61,3.3.1978,p.8.

NoL64/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.3.78
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Acountervailing chargeof8.57unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsnetisappliedtocucumbersfalling
withinsubheadingex07.01PoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginGreece,Spainand
Romania .2.Regulations (EEC)No426/78and(EEC)No
445/78areherebyrepealed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8March
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6March1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President