CELEX: 31983R2780
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2780/83 of 5 October 1983 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

No L 273 / 26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             6 . 10 . 83
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2780/83
                                                        of 5 October 1983
                   introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), 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
                                                                    with the coefficient fixed in the second indent of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 ;
                                                                    Whereas, for Spanish cucumbers, the entry price
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                  below the reference price for two consecutive market
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                  days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (2), and in                  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 basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0,6                      relation to each other at any given moment within
 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                        their central rate,
market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­
duced in respect of the exporting country concerned,                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
is equal to the difference between the reference price                  these currencies recorded for a given period in
and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
available for that exporting country ;                                  in the previous indent,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 of
3 February 1983 fixing the reference prices for cucum­
bers for the 1983 marketing year (3) fixed the reference
price for products of class I for the month of October              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1983 at 75,02 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
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 20,62 ECU per 100 kilo­
sentative markets for which prices are available less the           grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01
duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of               P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                   Spain .
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 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
(')  OJ No  L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972,   p. 1 .                          1983 .
(')  OJ No  L 198 , 21 . 7. 1983 ,  p. 2.
(■') OJ No  L 33 , 4. 2.  1983 , p.  14.
(4)  OJ No  L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974,  p. 20 .                         0 OJ No L 301 , 22. 10 . 1981 , p . 18 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 5 October 1983 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission