CELEX: 31977R0824
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 824/77 of 22 April 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Cyprus

No L 99/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 4. 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 824/77
                                                        of 22 April 1977
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Cyprus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     (EEC) No 385/75 (5), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                       consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                   markets      or,   in  certain  circumstances, on    other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
Economic Community,                                                with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 for cucumbers
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 originating in Cyprus ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                  Whereas, for Cyprian cucumbers the entry price calcu­
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)               lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
thereof,                                                           account below the reference price for two consecutive
                                                                   market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0*50                Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
unit of account below the reference price for two                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
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,
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                           within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                   on their effective parity ;
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
last two entry prices available for that exporting                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
country ;                                                                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 of                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to                     in previous subparagraph,
April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3)j fixed
the reference price for products of Class I at 49-53
units of account per 100 kilograms net for the month               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of April 1977 ;
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             A countervailing charge of 12-60 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                  100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
sentative markets for which prices are available, less             (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)            Tariff) originating in Cyprus.
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
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             This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 April
tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 ('), as amended by Regulation                1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 April 1977.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ No  L  118, 20.   5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L  93, 8 . 4.  1976, p. 6.
(3) OJ No  L  34, 5. 2.   1977, p. 52.
(4) OJ No  L  220, 10.   8 . 1974, p. 20 .                         (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .