CELEX: 31975R0066
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 66/75 of the Commission of 10 January 1975 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Algeria

11 . 1 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 7/ 33
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 66/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 10 January 1975
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges origi­
                                                          nating in Algeria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, for oranges from Algeria of the varieties
COMMUNITIES,                                                          listed in Article 1 (3) (c), of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      3025/74 the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                      remained at least 0.50 unit of account below the refer­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 ence price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a
Economic Community ;                                                  countervailing charge should therefore be introduced
                                                                      for certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Algeria ;
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                    Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                  be calculated on the following basis :
thereof ;
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                           relation to each other, at any given moment
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                            within a band of 2.25 % a rate of exchange based
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                    on their effective parity ;
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
unit of account below the reference price for two                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                     in the previous subparagraph,
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas        Commission           Regulation (EEC) No                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
3025/74 (3) of 29 November 1974 fixing the reference
 prices for sweet oranges for the 1974/75 marketing
year fixed the reference price for Class I products of
Group II at 16.28 units of account per 100 kg net ;                                            Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded                 A countervailing charge of 0.65 unit of account per
 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting                100 kg net is applied to fresh sweet oranges
 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                    (subheading ex 08.02 A I of the Common Customs
 sentative markets for which prices are available, less                Tariff) originating in Algeria other than the varieties
 the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                Moro, Tarocco, Biondo comune (Blanca comuna,
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, and whereas the                       Blonde commune), Grano de Oro (Imperial, Sucrena),
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article                 Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval (Doble­
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                               fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine, Sanguina
                                                                       redonda (Entrefina), Surinam varieties and the ordi­
                                                                       nary Sanguina variety, with the exception of Navel
 Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                    sanguines (improved Double fine, Washington
 taken into consideration on the representative markets                sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines .
 referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 2118/74 (4), and
 affect this price where applicable by the coefficients
 fixed in Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
 3025 / 74 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
 (!) OJ  No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 291 ,  28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147 .
 (J) OJ  No  L  321 , 30 . 11 . 1974, p . 68 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January
  4) OJ  No  L  220,  10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 .                           1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 10 January 1975 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                 François-Xavier ORTOLI