CELEX: 31976R2005
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2005/76 of 12 August 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Spain

13 . 8 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 220/25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2005/76
                                                      of 12 August 1976
              introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                                             Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as
COMMUNITIES,                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
                                                                   Whereas, for Spanish plums of Group I the entry
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              price calculated in this way has remainded at least
Economic Community,                                                0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two
                                                                   consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
                                                                   charge should therefore be introduced for these
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       plums ;
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
                                                                   Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in
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 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                          on their effective parity ;
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0 50                — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
unit of account below the reference price for two                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                           in the previous subparagraph ,
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1224/76
of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the
reference prices for plums (3 ), fixed the reference price                                    Article 1
for Class I, Group I at 30-61 units of account per 100
kg net for August 1976 ;
                                                                   A countervailing charge of 4-81 units of account per
                                                                    100 leg net is applied to plums (subheading ex 08.07
                                                                    D of the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country              than Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hausz­
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              wetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage),
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting             Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangen­
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 heimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore
sentative markets for which,- prices are available, less           (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)            Spain .
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 it is necessary to record the prices to be
 taken into consideration on the representative markets            This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August
                                                                    1976 .
(■) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6 .                              (•>) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 ) OJ No L 137, 26 . 5 . 1976, p. 18 .                            (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 12 August 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission