CELEX: 31979R1703
Language: en
Date: 1979-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1703/79 of 2 August 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on pears originating in Spain

No L 197/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              3 . 8 . 79
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1703/79
                                                      of 2 August 1979
                        introducing a countervailing charge on pears 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 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas, for Spanish pears, the entry price calculated
                                                                  in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of account
                                                                  below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      days ; whereas a countervailing charge should there­
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 fore be introduced for these pears ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables (J ), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1301 /79 (2), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)              Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
thereof,                                                          entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                  basis :
                                                                  — 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 within
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                    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 indent ;
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
                                                                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
                                                                  March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
                                                                  expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1343/79                     ECU,
of 29 June 1979 fixing until the end of the 1979/80
marketing year the reference prices for pears (3) fixed
the reference price for products of Class I for the
month of July 1979 at 28-60 ECU per 100 kilograms
net :
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded                                       Article 1
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
                                                                   A countervailing charge of 1-18 ECU per 100 kilo­
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)            grams net is applied to pears, other than perry pears
                                                                   (subheading ex 08.06 B II of the Common Customs
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
                                                                   Tariff), originating 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 4 August
                                                                    1979 .
(')  OJ No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1.
  2) OJ No  L 162,  30 . 6. 1979, p. 26.
(3)  OJ No  L 162,  30 . 6. 1979, p. 112.                          (5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978, p. 5.
(<)  OJ No  L 220,  10.  8. 1974, p. 20 .                          (6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 2 August 1979 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President