NoL139/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.5.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1254/76
of26May1976
introducingacountervailing chargeontomatoesoriginatinginBulgariaand
Romania
WhereasforBulgarianandRomaniantomatoesthe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveremainedat
least0-50unitofaccountbelowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacounter­
vailingchargehasthereforetobeintroducedforthese
tomatoes ;
Whereastheentrypricesavailableatpresentforthese
twoexportingcountriesallowtheapplicationofone
charge,equaltothedifferencebetweenthereference
priceandthearithmeticmeanoftheaverageentry
pricesestablishedforeachexportingcountry;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,it
shouldbecalculatedfortheentrypriceonthe
followingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleast0-50
unitofaccountbelowthereferencepricefortwo
consecutivemarketdays,acountervailing chargemust
beintroducedinrespectoftheexportingcountry
concerned,saveinexceptionalcircumstances ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No624/76of
19March1976fixingforthe1976marketingyearthe
referencepricesfortomatoes(3),fixedthereference
priceforclassIproductsat72-77unitsofaccountper
100kgnetforthemonthofMay1976;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountry
isequaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecorded
foratleast30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexporting
countryconcernedwhicharemarketedonallrepre­
sentativemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,less
theduties,andthechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72andwhereasthe
meaningofrepresentative marketsisdefinedin
Article24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No385/75(5),thepricestobetakeninto
consideration mustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onother
markets;whereasitisnecessarytomultiplytheprices
withthecoefficients fixedinthefirstindentofArticle
1(2)(a)inRegulation (EEC)No624/76;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeof37-30unitsofaccountper
100kgnetisappliedtotomatoesfallingwithinCCT
subheadingex07.01M,andoriginatinginBulgaria
andRomania .
Article2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(J)OJNoL74,20.3.1976,p.9.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
5OJNoL44,18.2.1975,p.8.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29May
1976.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26May1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission