CELEX: 31978R2734
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2734/78 of 23 November 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

24. 11 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 329/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2734/78
                                                     of 23 November 1978
                   introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain
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 Spanish 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
                                                                   therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in
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 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
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 59 unit of account per
meaning of representative price is defined in Article              100 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 Spain.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 21 1 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into                                       Article 2
0)  OJ  No  L 118,  20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 204,  28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.
(3) OJ No   L 145,  1 . 6. 1978, p. 40.
(4) OJ No   L 220,  10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 25
(*) 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, 23 November 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President