CELEX: 31973R0134
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 134/73 of the Commission of 19 January 1973 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges imported from Spain

No L 17/24                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 1 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 134/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 19 January 1973
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges imported
                                                                 from Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            applicable by the coefficients fixed in Article 2 of
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 2522/72 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                       Whereas, if the only prices available in respect of
pean Economic Community ;                                                 a given product or given exporting country relate
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                             to products marketed in a quality class lower than
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organ­                          that by reference to which the reference price is
ization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                    fixed, these prices are used as they stand if, by
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745 /72 (2 ), and                         reason of production conditions in the exporting
in particular the second subparagraph of Article                          country concerned, such products have been norm­
27 (2) thereof ;                                                           ally or traditionally marketed in that quality class ;
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                          "Whereas, for oranges imported from Spain of the
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a                           varieties listed in Article 2 (1) (c), of Regulation ( EEC )
product imported from a third country remains at                         No 2522/72, the entry price calculated in this way
least 0·50 unit of account below the reference price                     has remained at least 0·50 unit of account below the
for two consecutive market days, a countervailing                         reference price for two consecutive market days,
charge must be introduced in respect of the export­                       whereas a countervailing charge should therefore
ing country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                       be introduced for certain varieties of sweet oranges
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference                  imported from Spain ;
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean
of the last two entry prices available for that
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
exporting country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation                          ( EEC) No                                   Article 1
2522/72 (3) of 30 November 1972 fixing the reference
prices for sweet oranges fixed the reference price                       A countervailing charge of 0·60 unit of account per
for Class I products of Group II at 14·8 units of                         100 kg net is applied to fresh sweet oranges ( sub­
account per 100 kg net ;                                                  heading ex 08.02 A I of the Common Customs
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country                     Tariff) imported from Spain other than the varieties
is equal to the lowest price or to the arithmetic mean                    Moro, Tarocco, Biondo comune (Blanca comuna,
of the lowest prices recorded for at least 30 °/o of                     Blonde commune ), Grano de oro ( Imperial, Sucrena ),
the quantities from the exporting country concerned                       Baladi , Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval (Doble­
which are marketed on all representative markets                         fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine, Sanguina
                                                                          redonda ( Entrefina), Surinam varieties and the or­
for which prices are available, less the duties,
charges and transport costs indicated in Article                          dinary Sanguina variety, with the exception of Navel
24 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 /72 ;                               sanguines ( improved double fine, Washington
                                                                          sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines.
Whereas the prices to be taken into consideration
are prices on the representative markets referred to                                               Article 2
in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1291 /70 (4), recorded or
calculated in accordance with the provisions of                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
Article 4 of that Regulation , and affected where                         1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 January 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   François-Xavier ORTOLI
 H    OJ No /.  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p . 1 .
 ( 2) OJ No L. 291 ,  28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 147.
 (3)  OJ No 1.  270,  1 . 12 . 1972 , p . 63 .
 ( 4) OJ No L   144,  2 . 7. 1970 , p . 10 .