CELEX: 31979R0511
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 511/79 of 16 March 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

17 . 3 . 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 67/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 511 /79
                                                     of 16 March 1979
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   consideration must be recorded on the representative
COMMUNITIES,                                                     markets     or,  in  certain   circumstances,  on  other
                                                                 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                 with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            tion (EEC) No 213/79 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                account below the reference price for two consecutive
of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last               market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                 therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (2), and in
particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,                                                         Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
                                                                 price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                   relation to each other at any given moment within
unit of account below the reference price for two                     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                 their effective parity ;
be introduced in respect of the exporting country
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 indent ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 213/79 of                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
5 February 1979 fixing the reference price for cucum­             ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
bers for the months February to April 1979 (3) fixed
the reference price for products of Class I for March
 1979 at 64- 16 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
 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                                     Article 1
 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            A countervailing charge of 6-14 units of account per
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                          100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
                                                                  (subheading 07.01 P I of the Common Customs
                                                                  Tariff) originating in Greece.
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into
                                                                                           Article 2
 (>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 I2) OJ No L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 30, 6. 2. 1979, p. 5.
 (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March
 (5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5.                                1979 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 16 March 1979 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President