CELEX: 31977R1864
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1864/77 of 12 August 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Argentina

13 . 8 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 207/41
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1864/77
                                                     of 12 August 1977
                 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Argentina
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 385/75 (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 Argentinian lemons the entry price calcu­
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), 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)              market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
thereof,
                                                                  therefore be introduced for these lemons ;
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product            price should be calculated on the following basis :
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
unit of account below the reference price for two                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                 relation to each other, at any given moment,
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                        on their effective parity ;
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
last two entry prices available for that exporting                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
country ;                                                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1048/77
of 18 May 1977 fixing the reference price for lemons
for the 1977 marketing year (3), fixed the reference              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of Class I at 28-42 units of 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 4-22 units of account per
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              100 kilograms net is applied to lemons (subheading
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting            08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) originating
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                in Argentina.
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 16 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, 12 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 .
P) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 29 .                            (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .