CELEX: 31977R0621
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 621/77 of 24 March 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain and Romania

25. 3 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 77/35
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 621 /77
                                                        of 24 March 1977
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain and
                                                             Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     of account below the reference price for two consecu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge has
                                                                   therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 of
                                                                    11 March 1977 (6), as last amended by Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       ( EEC) No 591 /77 (7), has introduced a countervailing
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   charge on cucumbers originating in Spain ;
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                  Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                two exporting countries allow the application of one
thereof,                                                            charge , equal to the difference between the reference
                                                                    price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     prices established for each exporting country ; whereas
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product              Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 of 1 1
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                 March 1977 should therefore be repealed ;
unit of account below the reference price for two
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                   should be calculated for the entry price on the
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                      following basis :
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 256/77 of
4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3), fixed                  within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
the reference price for Class I products at 61 -69 units                 on their effective parity ;
of account per 100 kilograms net for the month of                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
March 1 977 ;                                                            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)              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative markets is defined in
Article 24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                               Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­               1 . A countervailing charge of 1685 units of
tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4 ), as last amended by Regula­            account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucum­
tion ( EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), the prices to be taken into             bers falling within subheading ex 07.01 P of the
consideration must be recorded on the representative                Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain and
markets      or,   in   certain     circumstances ,  on   other      Romania .
markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article
                                                                     2.      Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 is hereby repealed .
 1 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 256/ 77 ;
Whereas for Romanian cucumbers the entry prices                                                Article 2
calculated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March
  ') O ) No L 118 , 20 . V 1972, p. 1 .                              1 977 .
  ') 0 | No L 93 , 8 . 4 . 1976, p. 6 .
  ') O 'l No L 34, 5 . 2 . 1977, p. 52.
 4 ) O 'l No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                         (") Ol No L 66 , 12 . 3 . 1977, p. 30 .
 *) O 'l No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1 97 5, p. S.                            O O.I No L 7.5 , 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 29 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 24 March 1977 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President