CELEX: 31978R0565
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 565/78 of 20 March 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

No L 77/ 6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 3, 78
                                COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 565/78
                                                   of 20 March 1978
                introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tion ( EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as amended by Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), the prices to be taken into
                                                               consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                               markets    or,  in  certain   circumstances,  on    other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
Economic Community,                                            with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
                                                               tion (EEC) No 244/78 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization              lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last             account below the reference price for two consecutive
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 034/77 (2 ), and in           market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
particular the second subparagraph of Article , 27 (2)         therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
thereof,
                                                                whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                price should be calculated on the following basis :
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
                                                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
unit of account below the reference price for two                  relation to each other at any given moment within
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must              a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                  their effective parity ;
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 244/78 of
6 February 1978 fixing the reference price for cucum­
bers for the months February to April 1978 (3) fixed            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the reference price for products of Class I for the
month of March 1978 at 62-63 units of account per
100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                        Article 1
                                                               A countervailing charge of 5-09 units of account per
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country           100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded          (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting         Tariff) orginating in Greece.
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­
sentative markets for which prices are available less
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                                  Article 2
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March
                                                                1978 .
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
(3) OJ No L 37, 7. 2. 1978, p. 11 .                            (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 March 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President