CELEX: 31978R1995
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1995/78 of 21 August 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Yugoslavia

22 . 8 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 230/ 17
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1995/78
                                                        of 21 August 1978
                introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                                            Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                     markets or,     in  certain   circumstances , on  other
                                                                     markets ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, for Yugoslav plums of Group I the entry
                                                                     price calculated in this way has remained at least 0.50
                                                                     unit of account below the reference price for two
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   charge should therefore be introduced for these
of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last                   plums ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in
particular the second 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
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 subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1233/78                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of 8 June 1978 fixing for the 1978 marketing year the
reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference price
for Class I, Group I at 33.52 units of account per 100
kg net for August 1978 ;                                                                     Article 1
                                                                    A countervailing charge of 3-87 units of account per
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
                                                                     100 kg net is applied to plums (subheading 08.07 D
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded               of the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting              than Altesse simple (common quetsche, Haus­
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
                                                                    zwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage),
sentative markets for which prices are available, less
                                                                    Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangen­
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)
                                                                    heimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
                                                                    (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
                                                                    Yugoslavia .
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 21 1 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August
(') OJ   No  L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             1978 .
(2) OJ   No  L 204,  28 . 7. 1978 , p. 12.
(3) OJ   No  L 153,  9 . 6. 1978 , p. 14.
{*) OJ   No  L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20                           (5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 21 August 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President