CELEX: 31978R0348
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 348/78 of 20 February 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating in Morocco

21 . 2. 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 49/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 348 /78
                                                      of 20 February 1978
               introducing a countervailing charge on mandarins (including tangerines and
               satsumas), Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating in
                                                             Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     (EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                       consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                    markets    or,   in  certain   circumstances, on  other
                                                                    markets ; whereas it is necessary, where appropriate, to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              multiply the prices with the coefficients fixed in
 Economic Community,                                               Article 1 (2), of Regulation ( EEC) No 2592/77 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas for those products originating in Morocco
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 the entry price calculated in this way has remained at
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                 least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in                  for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)              vailing charge should therefore be introduced for
 thereof,                                                          these fresh mandarins (including tangerines and
                                                                   satsumas), Clementines, wilkings and other similar
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    citrus hybrids originating in Morocco ;
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50               Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
unit of account below the reference price for two                  price should be calculated on the following basis :
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                          relation to each other at any given moment within
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                  a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                      their effective parity ;
 last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;                                                          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2592/77                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
of 24 November 1977 fixing for the 1977/78                              in previous subparagraph ,
 marketing year the reference price for mandarins
(including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, wilk­
ings and other similar citrus hybrids (3), fixed for those
 products of quality Class I the reference price at 19-74
units of account per 100 kg net for the period 1                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 November 1977 to 28 February 1978 ;
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
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 A countervailing charge of 3-59 units of account per
sentative markets for which prices are available, less              100 kg net is applied to fresh mandarins (including
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)            tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, wilkings and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                       other similar citrus hybrids (subheading ex 08.02 B of
meaning of representative price is defined in Article              the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Morocco.
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                                        Article 2
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as amended by Regulation
(') OJ  No  L 118,  20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February
                                                                    1978 .
(2) OJ  No  L 125,  19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 301 , 25.  11 . 1977, p. 20.
(") OJ  No  L 220,  10.  8 . 1974, p. 20.                          (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 20 February 1978
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President