CELEX: 31978R0727
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 727/78 of 10 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece, Romania and Spain

11 . 4 . 78                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 98 / 15
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 727 /78
                                                              of 10 April 1978
                   introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece ,
                                                            Romania and Spain
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article
                                                                          1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 244/78 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                                     Whereas for Spanish cucumbers the entry prices calcu­
                                                                          lated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit of
                                                                          account below the reference price for two consecutive
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            market days ; whereas a countervailing charge has
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                       therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ;
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 034/77 (2), and in
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
 thereof,                                                                 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 678/78 of
                                                                          5 April 1978 (6) has introduced a countervailing
                                                                          charge on cucumbers originating in Greece, and
                                                                          Romania ;
 Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
  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                        Whereas the group of exporting countries should be
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                    amended pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EEC)
 be introduced in respect of the exporting country                        No 1035/ 72 ;
 concerned , save in exceptional circumstances ;
                                                                          Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
 Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 244/78 of                        three exporting countries allow the application for
 6 February 1978 fixing for the months February to                        Spain and Romania of one charge equal to the differ­
 April 1978 the reference price for cucumbers (3 ) fixed                  ence between the reference price and the arithmetic
 the reference price for Class I products at 50-47 units                  mean of the average entry prices established for each
 of account per 100 kilograms for the month of April                      of these two exporting countries and, for Greece, a
  1978 ;
                                                                          separate tax equal to the difference between the refer­
                                                                          ence price and the arithmetic mean of the last entry
                                                                          prices available for this latter exporting country ;
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                    whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 678 /78 of
 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded                    5 April 1978 should therefore be repealed ;
 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)                   Whereas, if the system is to operate normally,it should
 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                            be calculated for the entry price on the following
                                                                          basis :
 meaning of representative markets is defined in
 Article 24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ;
                                                                          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                              relation to each other at any given moment within
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 tion ( EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by Regula­                     their effective parity ;
 tion ( EEC) No 668 /78 (5 ), the prices to be taken into
 consideration must be recorded on the representative                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 markets      or,    in     certain     circumstances,    on   other          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                              of these currencies recorded for a given period in
(')  OJ   No  L  1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972,  p. 1 .                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
(2)  OJ   No  L  125 , 19 .  5 . 1977,  p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ   No  L 37, 7 . 2 .   1978 , p.  1 1.                                 in the previous subparagraph ,
(4 ) OJ   No  L 220 , 10 .   8 . 1974,  p. 20.
(5 ) OJ   No  L 90 , 5 . 4 .  1978 , p.  5.                              (6) OJ No L 92, 6 . 4 . 1978 , p. 12.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               2.    A countervailing charge of 19.27 units of
                                                            account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucum­
                     Article 1                              bers (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
                                                            Tariff) originating in Greece .
1 . A countervailing charge of 11.61 units of               3.     Regulation ( EEC) No 678 /78 is hereby repealed .
account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucum­
                                                                                    Article 2
bers falling within subheading ex 07.01 P of the
Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain and          This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April
Romania.                                                    1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 10 April 1978 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President