CELEX: 31979R0690
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 690/79 of 5 April 1979 introducing a countervailing  charge on tomatoes originating in Spain

No L 86/ 22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                6 . 4 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 690/79
                                                          of 5 April 1979
                    introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tion (EEC) No 668 /78 (5), 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
Economic Community,                                                  tion (EEC) No 564/79 ;
                                                                     Whereas, for Spanish tomatoes, the entry price calcu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    account below the reference price for two consecutive
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/ 79 (2), and in                   therefore 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
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      basis :
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
unit of account below the reference price for two
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                    relation to each other at any given moment within
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                        a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                           their effective parity ;
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
last two entry prices available for that exporting                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
country ;                                                                of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                         in the previous indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 564/ 79 of
26 March 1979 fixing the reference price for tomatoes
for April 1 979 (3) fixed the reference price for
products of Class I at 108-36 units of account per 100               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
kilograms 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
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                   A countervailing charge of 13-68 units of account per
sentative markets for which prices are available , less               100 kilograms net is applied to tomatoes (subheading
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)               07.01 M of the Common Customs Tariff) originating
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                         in Spain .
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April
(>) OJ No   L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                             1979 .
(2) OJ No   L 45, 22. 2 . 1979, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No   L 75, 27 . 3 . 1979 , p. 5 .
(«) OJ No   L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                           (>) OJ No L 90 , 5 . 4. 1978 , p. 5.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 5 April 1979 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President