CELEX: 31974R0216
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 216/74 of the Commission of 25 January 1974 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges imported from Algeria

26 . 1 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 22/ 59
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 216/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 January 1974
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges
                                                     imported from Algeria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, for oranges imported from Algeria of the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      varieties listed in Article 1 (3) (c), of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 3303/73 the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                    remaind at least 0-50 unit of account below the refer­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                              ence price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a
                                                                   countervailing charge should therefore be introduced
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        for certain varieties of sweet oranges imported from
                                                                   Algeria ;
 1035/72 ( l) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                 Whereas if the refund system is to operate normally
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof ;
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                         relation to each other, at any given moment
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                 within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                     on their effective parity ;
unit of account below the reference price for two
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must              — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                      in the previous subparagraph,
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission                 Regulation (EEC) No
3303/73 (3) of 6 December 1973 fixing the reference                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices for sweet oranges for the 1973/74 marketing
year fixed the reference price for Class I products of
Group II at 15-5 units of account per 100 kg net ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting             A countervailing charge of 3-2 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                  100 kg net is applied to fresh sweet oranges
sentative markets for which prices are available, less             (subheading No ex 08.02 A I of the Common
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)              Customs Tariff) imported from Algeria other than the
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, and whereas the                    varieties Moro, Tarocco, Biondon comune (Blanca
meaning of representative price is defined in Article              comuna, Blonde commune), Grano de Oro (Imperial,
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                            Sucrena), Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval
                                                                   (Doble-fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine,
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                 Sanguina redonda (Entrefina), Surinam varieties and
taken into consideration on the representative markets             the ordinary Sanguina variety, with the exception of
referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1 29 1 /70 (4),                  Navel sanguines (improved Double fine, Washington
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2846/72 (5) and                     sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines.
affect this price where applicable by the coefficients
fixed in Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
3303/73 ;
                                                                                            Article 2
(') OJ   No L  118,  20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.
(3) OJ   No L  338 , 7 . 12. 1973 , p. 32.
(*) OJ   No L  144,  2. 7. 1970, p. 10.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
(5) OJ   No L  299,  31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .                          1974 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 25 January 1974.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI