CELEX: 31979R0429
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/79 of 1 March 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of apples originating in Spain

No L 52/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               2 . 3 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 429/79
                                                       of 1 March 1979
              introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of apples originating in
                                                             Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     the entry price calculated in this way has remained at
COMMUNITIES,                                                       least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price
                                                                   for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              vailing charge should therefore be introduced for
Economic Community,                                                certain varieties of apples originating in Spain ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                  Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
of the market in fruit and vegetables (J ), as last                prices should be calculated on the following basis :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (2), and in                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,                                                               relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                        their effective parity ;
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
unit of account below the reference price for two                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                      in the previous indent,
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;
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 1532/78
of 30 June 1978 fixing the reference prices for apples
for the 1978/79 marketing year (3) fixed the reference                                      Article 1
price for Class I products of Group I at 25.01 units of
account per 100 kilograms net for February 1979 ;
                                                                   A countervailing charge of 2-55 units of account per
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country               100 kilograms net is applied to apples originating in
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              Spain (subheading ex 08.06 A II of the Common
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting             Customs Tariff) of the following varieties : Golden
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 Delicious, Red Delicious, Richared, Stark Delicious,
sentative markets for which prices are available, less             Starking, Starkrimson, Yellow Transparent (Transpa­
the duties and charges referred to in Article 24 (3) of            rente jaune), James Grieve, Belle de Boskoop,
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                  Stayman Winesap, Stayman red, Black Winesap,
of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of            Granny Smith, Dunn's Seedling, King Cole, Cleo­
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                      patra, Democrat, Yellow Newton, Crofton, Ingrid
                                                                   Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's superb, Scarlet pearmain,
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­              White winter pearmain, Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman's
tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­            early Worcester, Benoni, Stark earliest, Winston,
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into              Reinette du Canada, Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi, Graven­
consideration must be recorded on the representative               steiner,   Miller's   Seedling,    Worcester   pearmain,
markets or,      in    certain   circumstances,     on  other      Weißwinterglockenapfel,       Cortland,   Spartan,     Red
markets ;                                                          Macintosh, various varieties of Cox's other than Cox's
                                                                   pomona, and mutations of the above varieties.
Whereas, for apples from Spain of the varieties listed
in Article 1 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1532/78,
(>) OJ No  L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                                                      Article 2
(2) OJ No  L  45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
O   OJ No  L  179, 1 . 7. 1978 , p. 26.
(4) OJ No  L  220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
(5) OJ No  L  90, 5. 4. 1978, p. 5.                                 1979 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 1 March 1979 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President