CELEX: 31977R0171
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 171/77 of 27 January 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Algeria and in Greece

28 . 1 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 24/ 19
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 171 /77
                                                         of 27 January 1977
                introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges origi­
                                                  nating in Algeria and in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, for oranges from Algeria and Greece of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         varieties listed in Article 1 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 2755/76, the entry prices calculated in this way
                                                                     have remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               reference price for two consecutive market days ;
 Economic Community,                                                 whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
                                                                     introduced for certain varieties of sweet oranges origi­
                                                                     nating in Algeria and in Greece ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                    two exporting countries allow the application of one
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                charge, equal to the difference between the reference
 thereof,                                                            price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry
                                                                     prices established for each exporting country ; whereas
                                                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 132/77 of 24
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      January 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product              certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                 Algeria (6) should therefore be repealed ;
unit of account below the reference price for two
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the
 concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                      entry prices should be calculated :
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2755/76                            relation to each other, at any given moment,
 of 11 November 1976 fixing the reference prices for                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 sweet oranges for the 1976/77 marketing year (3) fixed                   on their effective parity ;
the reference price for Class I products of Group II at
 1 6-28 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded                    in the previous subparagraph ,
 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)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                                                Article I
 taken into consideration on the representative markets
 referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 2 1 1 8 /74 (4 ), as
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 385/ 75 (5 ), and to                  1.    A countervailing charge of 1-58 units of account
affect this price where applicable by the coefficients                per 100 kilograms net is applied to fresh sweet
 fixed in Article 1 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No                      oranges (subheading ex 08.02 A I of the Common
 2755/ 76 ;                                                          Customs Tariff) orginating in Algeria and in Greece
                                                                     other    than   the     varieties    Moro, Tarocco, Biondo
(') O ) No 1 . 118 , 20 . S. 1972 , p . I.                           comune ( Blanca comuna, Blonde commune), Grano
(') OJ No 1 . 91 , 8 . 4 . 1976 , p . 6 .                            de Oro ( Imperial , Sucrena), Baladi , Pera, Macetera,
O OJ No 1 . * 12, 1.1 . II . 1976, p . .17 .
(•») O'j No 1 . 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
( s ) OJ No I. 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p . 8 .                            (*) O | No I. 21 , 25 . 1 . 1977, p . .14 .
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Pineapple, Blood oval (Doblefina, Double fine), Portu­     2.     Regulation (EEC) No 132/77 is hereby repealed.
guese sanguine, Sanguina redonda (Entrefina),
Surinam varieties and the ordinary Sanguina variety,                               Article 2
with the exception of Navel sanguines (improved
Double fine, Washington sanguina, Sanguina grande)         This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
and Maltese sanguines.                                     1977 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President