CELEX: 31978R2418
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2418/78 of 17 October 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

18 . 10 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 292/23
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2418/78
                                                      of 17 October 1978
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     markets    or,   in   certain  circumstances, on   other
COMMUNITIES,                                                       markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                   with the coefficients fixed in the second subparagraph
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1178/78 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas for Greek cucumbers, the entry prices calcu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       lated in this way have for six consecutive market days
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                  been alternatively above and below the reference
of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last                 price ; whereas two of these entry prices are more than
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in                 0-5 unit of account below the reference price ;
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)               whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
thereof,                                                           introduced for cucumbers originating in Greece ;
Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product             26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is
imported from a non-member country is alternatively                applied in principle for six days ;
above and below the reference price for five to seven
consecutive market days a countervailing charge is
introduced in respect of that non-member country,                  Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should
save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­          be calculated on the entry price on the following
                                                                   basis :
duced when three entry prices fall below the reference
price and one of those entry prices is at least 0-5 unit           — in case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
of account below the reference price ; whereas that
charge is equal to the difference between the refer­                   tion to each other at any given moment within a
ence price and the last available entry price by at least              band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based on their
0-5 unit of account below the reference price ;                        effective parity,
                                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1178/78                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
of 31 May 1978 fixing until the end of the 1978                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
marketing year the reference price for cucumbers (3)                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the              in the previous subparagraph,
month of October 1978 at 44-16 units of account per
100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
is equal to the average of the lowest representative
prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities
from the exporting country concerned which are
marketed on all representative markets for which                                             Article 1
prices are available, less the duties and the charges
referred to in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No               A countervailing charge of 3-20 units of account per
 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price             100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
 1035/72 ;
                                                                   Tariff) originating in Greece.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2118/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into                                        Article 2
consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October
 (») OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             1978 . Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­
 (2) OJ  No  L 204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.
 (3) OJ  No  L 145, 1 . 6. 1978, p. 40.                            graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 (4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 24
 (5) OJ  No  L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5.                               October 1978 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 17 October 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President