CELEX: 31977R1940
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1940/77 of 29 August 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece

30 . 8 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 221 / 13
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/77
                                                    of 29 August 1977
                  introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
  COMMUNITIES,                                                    tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 385/77 (5), the prices to be taken into
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           consideration must be recorded on the representative
  Economic Community,                                             markets or,      in  certain   circumstances, on other
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    markets ;
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
                                                                 Whereas, for Greek table grapes, the entry price calcu­
 of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last
                                                                  lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in
                                                                  account below the reference price for two consecutive
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
 thereof,                                                         market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                 therefore be introduced for these table grapes ;
 Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
  1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50             entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                 basis :
 unit of account below the reference price for two
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 be introduced in respect of the exporting country                    relation to each other at any given moment within
 concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 whereas this charge is equal to the difference between               their effective parity ;
 the reference price and the airthmetic 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
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1215/77                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
 of 7 June 1977 fixing the reference price for table                  in the previous subparagraph,
 grapes for the 1977 marketing year (3) fixed the refer­
 ence price for products of Class I at 29-20 units of            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 account per 100 kilograms net for the month of
 August 1977 ;                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country           A countervailing charge of 3-93 units of account per
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded           100 kilograms net is applied to table grapes
 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting          (subheading 08.04 A I of the Common Customs
 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­             Tariff) originating in Greece.
 sentative markets for which prices are available, less
 the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                                   Article 2
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article          This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 August
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                         1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 August 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20.
(J) OJ No L 140, 8 . 6. 1977, p. 14.                            (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .