CELEX: 31978R2982
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2982/78 of 18 December 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Greece

19 . 12 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 355/21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2982/78
                                                      of 18 December 1978
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges origi­
                                                        nating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (4) second
COMMUNITIES,                                                        indent of Regulation (EEC) No 2655/78 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas, for oranges from Greece of the varieties
Economic Community,                                                 listed in Article 1 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    2655/78, the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                    remained at least 0.50 unit of account below the refer­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   ence price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a
of the market in fruit and vegetables ( ! ), as last                countervailing charge should therefore be introduced
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in                  for certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in
                                                                    Greece ;
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     prices should be calculated :
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 0.50
unit of account below the reference price for two                        relation to each other, at any given moment
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                    within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                        on their effective parity ;
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
last two entry prices available for that exporting                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
country ;                                                                in the previous subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2655/78
of 13 November 1978 fixing the reference prices for
sweet oranges for the 1978 /79 marketing year (3) fixed
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the reference price for Class I products of Group I at
 18.90 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                                        Article 1
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting               A countervailing charge of 1.81 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                   100 kilograms net is applied to fresh sweet oranges
sentative markets for which prices are available, less               (subheading 08.02 A I of the Common Customs
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)               Tariff) originating in Greece other than the varieties
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                         Moro, Tarocco, Biondo comune (Blanca comuna,
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article               Blonde commune), Grano de Oro (Imperial, Sucrena),
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                     Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval (Doble­
                                                                     fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine, Sanguina
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                redonda (Entrefina), Surinam varieties and the ordi­
 tion (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­             nary Sanguina variety, with the exception of Navel
 tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into               sanguines (improved Double fine, Washington
 consideration must be recorded on the representative                sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines.
 markets     or,    in   certain    circumstances,   on   other
 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
(') OJ   No  L   118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .                                                   Article 2
(2) OJ   No  L   204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.
O   OJ   No  L  320, 14.   11 . 1978, p. 5.
(4) OJ   No  L   220, 10.  8 . 1974, p. 20.                          This    Regulation   shall  enter into force on      20
(5) OJ   No  L   90, 5. 4.  1978, p. 5.                               December 1978 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 18 December 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President         '