CELEX: 31978R0426
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 426/78 of 28 February 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

1 . 3 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 59/41
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 426/78
                                                       of 28 February 1978
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
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 to multiply the prices
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
Economic Community,                                                  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 ( J ), as last                 account below the reference price for two consecutive
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (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
                                                                     price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
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 ;
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
last two entry prices available for that exporting                        of these currencies recorded for a given period in
country ;                                                                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                          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 1 978 (3) fixed
the reference price for products of Class I for the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
period 21 to 28 February 1978 at 62-63 units of
account per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
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 2-58 units of account per
sentative markets for which prices are available less                100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)               (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                         Tariff) originating in Greece.
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as amended by Regulation
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March
(') OJ   No L 118, 20 . 5 . 1972,  p. 1 .                            1978 .
(2) OJ   No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977,   p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 37, 7. 2.  1978 , p.  11 .
(4  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, 28 February 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President