CELEX: 31979R1284
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1284/79 of 28 June 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Spain

No L 161 / 38                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 6 . 79
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1284/79
                                                          of 28 June 1979
               introducting a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                                               Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        whereas, for Spanish plums of Group I, the entry
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        price calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50
                                                                     unit of account below the reference price for two
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
 Economic Community,                                                 charge should therefore be introduced for these
                                                                     plums ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                  Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   entry price should be calculated on the following
                                                                     basis :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 208 /79 (2), and in
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
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 on
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                            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 indent ;
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
                                                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
last two entry prices available for that exporting
                                                                     March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
country ;
                                                                     expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                     ECU,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1102/79
of 5 June 1979 fixing for the 1979 marketing year the
reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference price
 for Class I, Group I, at 44-37 ECU per 100 kilograms
 net for the period 11 June to 31 July 1979 ;                        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 7-98 ECU per 100 kilo­
 the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)             grams net is applied to plums (subheading 08.07 D of
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                         the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other than
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article               Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge),
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                             Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveske­
                                                                     blommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­               (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg),
 tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­              Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Spain .
 tion (EEC) No 668 /78 (5), the prices to be taken into
 consideration must be recorded on the representative
 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other
                                                                                                Article 2
 markets ;
(')  OJ No  L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June
(2)  OJ No  L 153, 21 . 6. 1979, p. 1 .                               1979 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 138 , 6. 6 . 1979 , p. 5 .
(4)  OJ No  L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
 5   OJ No  L 90 , 5 . 4 . 1978 , p. 5.                              (<•) 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, 28 June 1979 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President