CELEX: 31981R0944
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 944/81 of 7 April 1981 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain

No L 96/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 4 . 81
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 944/ 81
                                                       of 7 April 1981
                 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   markets    or,  in  certain   circumstances,  on     other
COMMUNITIES,                                                     markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                 with the coefficients fixed in the first subparagraph of
                                                                 Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 430/81 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas, for Spanish cucumbers, the entry price
                                                                 calculated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     below the reference price for two consecutive market
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last               be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1367/ 80 (2), and in
particular the first 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               relation to each other at any given moment within
imported from a third country remains at least 0-6                   a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ECU below the reference price for two consecutive                    their effective parity,
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 430/81 of                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 19 February 1981 fixing the reference price for                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
cucumbers for the 1981 marketing year (') fixed the              Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 reference price for products of Class 1 for the month
of April 1981 at 73-58 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning                                        Article 1
 of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                 A countervailing charge of 1012 ECU per 100 kilo­
                                                                 grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­           P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
 tion (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­         Spain .
 tion (EEC) No 668 /78 ('), the prices to be taken into
 consideration must be recorded on the representative
(■) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .                                                  Article 2
(2) OJ No L 140, 5 . 6 . 1980 , p . 24 .
(3) OJ No L 47, 20 . 2. 1981 , p . 25 .
ft OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
ft OJ No L 90, 5 . 4. 1978 , p. 5.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1981 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 April 1981 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission