19.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL355/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2982/78
of18December 1978
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofsweetorangesorigi­
natinginGreece
withthecoefficientsfixedinArticle1(4)second
indentofRegulation(EEC)No2655/78;
Whereas,fororangesfromGreeceofthevarieties
listedinArticle1(3)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2655/78,theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhas
remainedatleast0.50unitofaccountbelowtherefer­
encepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroduced
forcertainvarietiesofsweetorangesoriginatingin
Greece;
Whereasifthesystemistooperatenormallytheentry
pricesshouldbecalculated :
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment
withinabandof2-25%arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,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)No2655/78
of13November1978fixingthereferencepricesfor
sweetorangesforthe1978/79marketingyear(3)fixed
thereferencepriceforClassIproductsofGroupIat
18.90unitsofaccountper100kilogramsnet;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
thedutiesandthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;whereasthe
meaningofrepresentative priceisdefinedinArticle
24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/78(5),thepricestobetakeninto
considerationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplythepricesHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof1.81unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsnetisappliedtofreshsweetoranges
(subheading08.02AIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff)originatinginGreeceotherthanthevarieties
Moro,Tarocco,Biondocomune(Blancacomuna,
Blondecommune),GranodeOro(Imperial,Sucrena),
Baladi,Pera,Macetera,Pineapple,Bloodoval(Doble­
fina,Doublefine),Portuguesesanguine,Sanguina
redonda(Entrefina),Surinamvarietiesandtheordi­
narySanguinavariety,withtheexceptionofNavel
sanguines (improvedDoublefine,Washington
sanguina,Sanguinagrande)andMaltesesanguines.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20
December1978.(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.12.
OOJNoL320,14.11.1978,p.5.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(5)OJNoL90,5.4.1978,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President '