CELEX: 31976R1693
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1693/76 of 13 July 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating in Greece

No L 190/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             14. 7 . 76
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1693/76
                                                       of 13 July 1976
                    introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4),
COMMUNITIES,                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas for peaches from Greece the entry price
Economic Community,                                               calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of account below the reference price for two consecu­
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge
of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last                should therefore be introduced for peaches imported
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                 from Greece ;
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
unit of account below the reference price for two                      within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                  on their effective parity ;
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                 of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
last two entry prices available for that exporting                     in the previous subparagraph ,
country ;                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Reglation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1226/76                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the             ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
reference prices for peaches (3), fixed the reference
price for Class I at 34-45 units of account per 100 kg
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
net for July 1976 ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                                       Article 1
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting            A countervailing charge of 3-56 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 100 kg net is applied to peaches (subheading 08.07 B
sentative markets for which prices are available, less            of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)           Greece .
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
                                                                                            Article 2
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July
taken into consideration on the representative markets             1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 13 July 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(*) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.                               (") OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 .
(3) OJ No L 137, 26. 5. 1976, p. 22.                              (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 .