CELEX: 31976R2097
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2097/76 of 25 August 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating in Greece

26. 8 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 235/ 11
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2097/76
                                                    of 25 August 1976
                   introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be
COMMUNITIES,                                                    taken into consideration on the representative markets
                                                                referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas for peaches from Greece the entry price
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization               calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit
of the market in fruit and vegetables (] ), as last             of account below the reference price for two consecu­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)            should therefore -be introduced for peaches imported
                                                                 from Greece ;
thereof,
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product           price should be calculated on the following basis :
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                      relation to each other, at any given moment
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                  within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                      on their effective parity ;
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
last two entry prices available for that exporting                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
country ;                                                              in the previous subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1226/76
of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reference prices for peaches (3), fixed the reference
price for Class I at 32-57 units of account per 100 kg
net for August and September 1976 ;                                                        Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country            A countervailing charge of 4-60 units of account per
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded             100 kg net is applied to peaches (subheading 08.07 B
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting           of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               Greece .
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           This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                          1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 August 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Henri SIMONET
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 118 , 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.
(3) OJ No L 137, 26. 5. 1976, p. 22.                              (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .