CELEX: 31978R1148
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1148/78 of 30 May 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Romania

31 . 5 . 78                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 143/ 23
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1148/78
                                                            of 30 May 1978
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Romania
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 Article 1 (2) of Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  tion (EEC) No 823/78 ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas, for Romanian cucumbers, the entry price
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                      calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                     of account below the reference price for two consecu­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 034/77 (2), and in                    tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                   should therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
thereof,
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                price should be calculated on the following basis :
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
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                             relation to each other at any given moment within
whereas this charge is . equal to the difference between                   a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                         their effective parity,
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 823 /78 of                           of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 25 April 1978 fixing the reference price for cucum­                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
bers for the month of May 1978 (3) fixed the reference                      in the previous subparagraph ,
 price for products of Class I at 41-83 units of account
 per 100 kilograms net ;
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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
 the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                                         Article 1
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
 meaning of representative price is defined in Article                 A countervailing charge of 9-42 units of account per
 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
                                                                       (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
                                                                        Tariff) originating in Romania.
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4 ), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 668 /78 (5), the prices to be taken into
                                                                                                Article 2
 (')  OJ No  L 118 , 20 .   5 . 1972,  p.  1.
 (2 ) OJ No  L 125 , 19 .   5 . 1977,  p.  1.
 (3)  OJ No  L 114, 26 .    4 . 1978 , p.  5.
 (4 ) OJ No  L 220 , 10 .   8 . 1974,  p.  20 .
 (5 ) OJ No  L 90 , 5 . 4 .  1978 , p.  5.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 May 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President