CELEX: 31979R2310
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2310/79 of 19 October 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece

20 . 10 . 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 264/25
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2310/79
                                                          of 19 October 1979
                  introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        consideration must be recorded on the representative
COMMUNITIES,                                                          markets or,       in certain    circumstances, on  other
                                                                       markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                   Whereas for Greek table grapes the entry price calcu­
                                                                      lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
                                                                      account below the reference price for two consecutive
                                                                       market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           therefore be introduced for these table grapes ;
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 30 1 /79 (2), and in                 Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof,
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                           relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                            a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                    their effective parity ;
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
unit of account below the reference price for two                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                          of these currencies recorded for a given period in
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
whereas this change is equal to the difference between                     in the previous indent ;
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;                                                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
                                                                      March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
                                                                      expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1418/79                         ECU,
of 9 July 1979 fixing the reference prices for table
grapes for the 1979 marketing year (3) fixed the refer­
ence price for products of class I for October at 34-23
ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting                                          Article 1
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
sentative markets for which prices are available, less
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                A countervailing charge of 4-76 ECU per 100 kilo­
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                          grams net is applied to table grapes (subheading 08.04
meaning of 'representative price' is defined in Article               A I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                               Greece .
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­                                          A rticle 2
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into
(') OJ  No   L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972,  p.  1.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October
(2) OJ  No   L 162, 30 .  6 . 1979,  p.  26.                           1979 .
(J) OJ  No   L 172, 10 .  7. 1979,   p.  6.
(«) OJ  No   L 220, 10 .  8 . 1974,  p.  20 .
 5)  OJ No   L 90, 5 . 4.  1978 , p.  5.                              (6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 19 October 1979 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President