CELEX: 31976R0607
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 of 17 March 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 607/76
                                                          of 17 March 1976
                  introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5), and to
COMMUNITIES,                                                         apply the coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 248/76 to those prices ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas for Bulgarian cucumbers, the entry prices
                                                                     calculated in this way have for five consecutive market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         days been alternatively above and below the reference
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    price ; whereas three of these entry prices are more
of the market in fruit and vegetables ( ! ), as last                 than 0-5 unit of account below the reference price ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in                   whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2)                  introduced for cucumbers originating in Bulgaria ;
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article
Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     26(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product               applied in principle for six days ;
imported from a non-member country is alternatively
above and below the reference price for five to seven                Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should
consecutive market days a countervailing charge is                   be calculated on the following basis :
introduced in respect of that non-member country,                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­                 relation to each other at any given moment within
duced when three entry prices fall below the reference                    a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based on
price and one of those entry prices is at least 0-5 unit                  their effective parity,
of account below the reference price ;
                                                                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Whereas that charge is equal to the difference                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
between the reference price and the last available                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
entry price by at least 0-5 unit of account below the                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
reference price ;                                                         in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 248/76 of
4 February 1976, fixing, for the months of February                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
and March 1976, the reference prices for cucum­                       ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
bers (3), fixed for the products of category quality I,
the reference price at 59-94 units of account per 100
kg net for the month of March 1976 ;                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest on the average of the lowest                                            Article 1
representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the
quantities from the exporting country concerned                       A countervailing charge of 12-11 units of account per
which are marketed on all representative markets for                  100 kg net is applied to cucumbers (subheading ex
which prices are available, less the duties and the                   07.01 P of the Common Customs Tariff) originating
charges referred to in Article 24 (3) of Regulation                   in Bulgaria.
(EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of represen­
 tative 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 19 March
taken into consideration on the representative markets                 1976. Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­
 referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as                 graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 24
(>)  OJ No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            March 1976 .
(2)  OJ No  L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975,   p. 3 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 30 , 5 . 2. 1976, p.  8.
  4  OJ No  L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974,   p. 20,                            (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 March 1976 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission