CELEX: 31977R0515
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 515/77 of 14 March 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

15 . 3 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 68 / 25
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 515 /77
                                                         of 14 March 1977
                   introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), and if
                                                                     necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficients
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 256/77 ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas, for Grecian cucumbers the entry price calcu­
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                   lated in this way has remained at least 0\50 unit of
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                  account below the reference price for two consecutive
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2 ), and in                  market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                     therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
 particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
 thereof,
                                                                     Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No                     price should be calculated on the following basis :
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
 unit of account below the reference price for two                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                     on their effective parity ;
be introduced in respect of the exporting country
                                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
 the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
last two entry prices available for that exporting
                                                                          in previous subparagraph ;
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 of                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3 ), fixed             ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
the reference price for products of Class I at 61-69
units of account per 100 kilograms net for the month
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of March 1 977 ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
                                                                                                Article 1
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting              A countervailing charge of 4-05 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                   100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
sentative markets for which prices are available, less              (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)             Tariff) originating in Greece .
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/ 72 ;                                                       Article 2
Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March
taken into consideration on the representative markets               1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 14 March 1977 .
                                                                                For the Com >>I ISMOII
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
C ) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 9.5 , 8 . 4 . 1976 , p. 6 .                             (■») OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 OJ No L 34 , 5 . 2 . 1977 , p. S2 .                              (5 ) OJ No L 44 , 18 . 2. 1975 , p. 8 .