CELEX: 31976R0639
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 639/76 of 23 March 1976 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 and introducing a new countervailing charge on imports of cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

24 . 3 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 77/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 639/ 76
                                                        of 23 March 1976
              repealing Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 and introducing a new countervailing
                             charge on imports of cucumbers originating in Bulgaria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, consequently, the conditions laid down in
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the first indent of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 1035 / 72 are fulfilled in order, on the one hand,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for the charge introduced pursuant to Article 25a of
Economic Community,
                                                                   that Regulation to be revoked and, on the other, for a
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       new charge to be introduced pursuant to Article 25 of
 1035/72 of 18 March 1972 on the common organiza­                  that Regulation ;
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last            Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in                 entry price should be calculated on the following
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)               basis :
thereof,
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 (3) introduced a                     relation to, each other at any given moment,
countervailing charge on imports of cucumbers origi­                    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
nating in Bulgaria, pursuant to Article 25a of Regula­                  on their effective parity,
tion (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 laid down the                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
conditions under which a charge may be introduced,                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
altered or abolished ; whereas it is laid down in Article               relation to the Community currencies referred to
26 (2) of that Regulation that the charge introduced                    in the previous subparagraph,
pursuant to Article 25a is to be applied for six days
and that that charge may be revoked before the end of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
that period only if the application of Article 25 ( 1 )
results in the fixing of a new countervailing charge of                                    Article 1
a higher amount ;
                                                                    1 . A countervailing charge the amount of which is
Whereas, in respect of cucumbers from Bulgaria, the                 fixed at 27-12 units of account per 100 kilogrammes
present trend in the prices recorded on the representa­             net shall be levied on imports of cucumbers
tive markets referred to in Regulation (EEC) No                    (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
21 18/74 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    Tariff) originating in Bulgaria.
385/75 (5), and recorded or calculated in accordance
with Article 5 of the abovementioned Regulation ,                   2.     Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 is repealed .
shows that the entry prices on two consecutive market                                      Article 2
days require the fixing of a charge exceeding the
amount of the charge already introduced by Regula­                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March
tion (EEC) No 607/76 ;                                              1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 23 March 1976 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
I2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10. 1975, p. 3.
(3 ) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p . 12 .
(4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 .
(5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p . 8 .