CELEX: 31978R0845
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/78 of 26 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

27 . 4 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 115/39
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 845/78
                                                           of 26 April 1978
                    introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                       markets    or,  in   certain    circumstances, on  other
                                                                       markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
 Economic Community,                                                  tion (EEC) No 244/78 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                     lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   account below the reference price for two consecutive
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in                    market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                       therefore be introduced for these cucumbers :
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
 Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       price should be calculated on the following basis :
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 unit of account below the reference price for two
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                     relation to each other at any given moment within
 be introduced in respect of the exporting country                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                            their effective parity ;
 whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
 the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 last two entry prices available for that exporting                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 country ;                                                                 of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                           in the previous subparagraph,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 244/78 of
 6 February 1978 fixing the reference price for cucum­
 bers for the months February to April 1 978 (3) fixed
 the reference price for products of Class I for the
 month of April 1978 at 50-47 units of account per                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                                           Article 1
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                    A countervailing charge of 8-07 units of account per
sentative markets for which prices are available, less                 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
 the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)               (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                         Tariff) originating in Greece.
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April
(') OJ   No  L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972,  p. 1 .                            1978 .
(2) OJ   No  L 125, 19 .  5 . 1977,  p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L 37, 7. 2.   1978 , p.  11 .
(4) OJ   No  L 220, 10 .  8 . 1974,  p. 20 .                          (5) OJ No L 90 , 5 . 4. 1978 , p. 5 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 26 April 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President