CELEX: 31974R1294
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1294/74 of the Commission of 22 May 1974 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and Romania

No L 140 /46                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            23 . 5 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1294/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 22 May 1974
              introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and
                                                           Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1 291 /70 (4),
COMMUNITIES,                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2846/72 (5) and
                                                                   affect this price where applicable by the coefficient
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 749/74 ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas, for tomatoes from Bulgaria and Romania,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the entry price calculated in this way has remained at
1035/72 (^ of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                  least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as l^st                for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                 vailing charge has been introduced for tomatoes
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)               imported from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively by
thereof ;
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1 262/74 (6) and (EEC) No
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    1271 /74 (7) ;
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product             Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                two exporting countries allow the application of one
unit of account below the reference price for two                  charge ; equal to the difference between the reference
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must              price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                  prices established for each exporting country whereas
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                     Regulation (EEC) Nos 1262/74 and 1271 /74 should
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 749/74 (3)                  therefore be repealed,
of 29 March 1 974 fixing the reference prices for toma­
toes for the 1974 marketing year fixes the reference               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for class I products at 52-8 units of account per
100 kg net for the month of May 1974 ;                                                          Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country               1 . A countervailing charge of 14-2 units of account
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              per 100 kg net is applied to tomatoes (subheading
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting             07.01 M of Common Customs Tariff) imported from
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 Bulgaria and Romania.
sentative markets for which prices are available, less
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)            2. Regulation (EEC) Nos 1262/74 and 1271 /74 are
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and whereas the                     hereby repealed.
meaning of representative markets is defined in
Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                                 Article 2
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May
taken into consideration on the representative markets              1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 May 1974.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                   (4)  OJ No  L  144,  2. 7. 1970, p. 10.
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            (*)  OJ No  L  299 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 .                          (6)  OJ No  L  138 , 21 . 5 . 1974, p. 9 .
(3) OJ No L 86, 30. 3. 1974, p. 71 .                               ( 7) OJ No  L  139,  22. 5. 1974, p. 11 .