CELEX: 31978R0678
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 678/78 of 5 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece and Romania

No L 92/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6 . 4 . 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 678 /78
                                                          of 5 April 1978
              introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece and
                                                              Romania
THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN                                       of account below the reference price for two consecu­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge has
                                                                     therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,                                                 Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 665/78 of
                                                                     3 April 1 978 (6) has introduced a countervailing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         charge on cucumbers originating in Greece ;
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 034/ 77 (2 ), and in               two exporting countries allow the application of one
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                 charge, equal to the difference between the reference
thereof,                                                             price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry
                                                                     prices established for each exporting country ; whereas
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No                     Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 665/78 should
1035 /72 provides that, if the entry price of a product              therefore be repealed ;
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50
unit of account below the reference price for two                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must,               should be calculated for the entry price on the
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                    following basis :
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 244/78 of                          relation to each other at any given moment within
6 February 1 978 fixing for the months February to                        a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
April 1978 the reference price for cucumbers (3) fixed                     their effective parity ;
the reference price for Class I products at 50-47 units              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
of account per 100 kilograms for the month of April                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 1978 ;
                                                                           of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                      in the previous subparagraph ,
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                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)
of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative markets is defined in
                                                                                                 Article 1
Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                 1 . A countervailing charge of 3 68 units of account
tion (EEC) No 21 1 8 /74 (4 ), as last amended by Regula­             per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers falling
 tion ( EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), the prices to be taken into              within subheading ex 0701 P of the Commun
consideration must be recorded on the representative                  Customs Tariff and originating in Greece and
 markets   or,   in    certain    circumstances ,     on   other      Romania .
 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article            2. Regulation        (EEC)       No    665/78 are     hereby
 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 244/78 ;                                repealed .
Whereas for Romanian cucumbers the entry prices
 calculated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit                                         Article 2
(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April
\2) OJ No L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 1 .                                   1978 .
(} ) OJ No L X7, 7 . 2. 1978 , p . 11 .
H OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 .
(5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p . 8 .                               (o) OJ No L 89 , 4 . 4 . 1978 , p. 22.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 5 April 1978 .
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                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Via - President