CELEX: 31976R1841
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1841/76 of 28 July 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Spain

29. 7. 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 203/37
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1841 /76
                                                      of 28 July 1976
                    introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be
COMMUNITIES,                                                     taken into consideration on the representative markets
                                                                 referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas for lemons from Spain the entry price calcu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
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
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)             therefore be introduced for lemons imported from
thereof,                                                         Spain ;
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              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
unit of account below the reference price for two                    relation to each other, at any given moment
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                    on their effective parity ;
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
last two entry prices available for that exporting                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
country ;                                                            in the previous subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1227/76
of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the reference prices for lemons (3), fixed the reference
price for Class I at 27-33 units of account per 100 kg
net for July 1976 ;                                                                      Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country            A countervailing charge of 1-81 units of account per
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded            100 kg net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading ex
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting           08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) originating
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               in Spain.
sentative markets for which prices are available, less
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                                  Article 2
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article            This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                           1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 28 July 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(») OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.                                 (<) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
P) OJ No L 137, 26. 5. 1976, p. 23.                              (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .