CELEX: 31978R2703
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2703/78 of 20 November 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

21 . 11 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 326/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2703/78
                                                  of 20 November 1978
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  consideration must be recorded on the representative
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   markets    or,   in  certain  circumstances,  on   other
                                                                 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                 with the coefficients fixed in the second subparagraph
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1178/78 ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization              account below the reference price for two consecutive
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 766/78 (2), and in             therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
 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
 Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 basis :
  1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
 unit of account below the reference price for two
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 be introduced in respect of the exporting country                   relation to each other at any given moment within
 concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 whereas this charge is equal to the difference between              their effective parity,
 the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
 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
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1178/78                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 of 31 May 1978 fixing until the end of the 1978                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
 marketing year the reference price for cucumbers (3)                in the previous subparagraph,
 fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the
 month of November 1978 at 53-45 units of account
 per 1 00 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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
sentative markets for which prices are available, less                                   Article 1
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                    A countervailing charge of 2-61 unit of account per
meaning of representative price is defined in Article           1 00 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                         (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
                                                                Tariff) originating in Greece.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into                                    Article 2
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
I2) OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 12.
(3) OJ No L 145, 1 . 6. 1978, p. 43 .
(4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 22
(5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978, p. 5.                               November 1978 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 20 November 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President