CELEX: 31976R2133
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2133/76 of 30 August 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Spain

31 . 8 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 239 /21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2133/76
                                                      of 30 August 1976
                introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                                             Spain
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
                                                                   Whereas, for Spanish plums of Group I the entry
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            price calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50
  Economic Community,                                              unit of account below the reference price for two
                                                                   consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
                                                                   charge should therefore be introduced for these
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     plums ;
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ( 1 ), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                 Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)              price should be calculated on the following basis :
 thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                        relation to each other, at any given moment
                                                                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                        on their effective parity ;
  1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50              — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 unit of account below the reference price for two                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 be introduced in respect of the exporting country                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
 concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                         in the previous subparagraph,
 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 1224/76
 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the
 reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference price                                    Article 1
 for Class I, Group I at 30-61 units of account per 100
 kg net for August 1 976 ;
                                                                  A countervailing charge of 5-54 units of account per
                                                                   100 kg net is applied to plums (subheading ex 08.07
                                                                   D of the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country            than Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hausz­
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded            wetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage),
 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting           Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangen­
 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               heimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore
 sentative markets for which prices are available, less           (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in
 the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)          Spain .
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be
 taken into consideration on the representative markets           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
                                                                   1976 .
(') OJ No L 418 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p . 6.                              (4 ) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
P) OJ No L 137, 26 . 5. 1976, p . 18 .                            (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 197.5, p. 8 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 August 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission