CELEX: 31983R1277
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1277/83 of 24 May 1983 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco

25 . 5. 83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 136/ 5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1277/83
                                                        of 24 May 1983
                 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                      consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                  markets    or,  in  certain   circumstances,   on   other
                                                                  markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                  with the coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               (EEC) No 776/83 ;
                                                                  Whereas, for Moroccan tomatoes, the entry price
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 below the reference price for two consecutive market
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/82 (2), and in                be introduced for these tomatoes ;
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,
                                                                  Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
                                                                  entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                  basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
imported from a third country remains at least 0,6
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                     relation to each other at any given moment within
 market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­                  a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                      their central rate ,
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
is equal to the difference between the reference price                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                  these currencies recorded for a given period in
available for that exporting country ;                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous indent,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 776/83 of
 30 March 1983 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes
 for the 1983 marketing year (3) fixed the reference
 price for products of class I for May 1983 at 124,25
 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                                 Article 1
 at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
 sentative markets for which prices are available less the         A countervailing charge of 7,96 ECU per 100 kilo­
 duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of             grams net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                 of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
 of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of           Morocco .
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                                    Article 2
 tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
 (') OJ No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 1983 .
 (z) OJ No  L  190, 1 . 7. 1982, p. 7.
 (3) OJ No  L  86, 31 . 3. 1983, p. 10 .
 (4) OJ No  L  220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                           0 OJ No L 301 , 22. 10. 1981 , p. 18 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 24 May 1983.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission