CELEX: 31978R0665
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 665/78 of 3 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

No L 89/ 22                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              4 . 4. 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 665/78
                                                        of 3 April 1978
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as amended by Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 385/75 (5), the prices to be taken into
                                                                   consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                   markets    or,  in  certain    circumstances, on   other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
Economic Community,                                                with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 244/78 ;
                                                                   Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, 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 1 034/77 (2), and in               therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
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 basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                relation to each other at any given moment within
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
unit of account below the reference price for two                      their effective parity ;
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                 of these currencies recorded for a given period in
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
last two entry prices available for that exporting                     in the previous subparagraph ,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 244/78 of                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
6 February 1978 fixing the reference price for cucum­
bers for the months February to April 1978 (3) fixed
the reference price for products of Class I for the
month of March 1978 at 62-63 units of account per                                            Article 1
 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                   A countervailing charge of 5-16 units of account per
                                                                   100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country              (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              Tariff) originating in Greece.
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
sentative markets for which prices are available less
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                                       Article 2
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April
                                                                   1978 .
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 ) OJ No L 37, 7. 2 . 1978 , p. 1 1 .                           (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975 , p. 8 .
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels, 3 April 1978 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President