CELEX: 31979R0752
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/79 of 17 April 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

18 . 4. 79                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 96/ 7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 752/79
                                                      of 17 April 1979
                   introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    tion (EEC) No 213/79 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                             Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­
                                                                 lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    account below the reference price for two consecutive
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization               market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (2), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,                                                         Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
                                                                 price should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
 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 within
unit of account below the reference price for two                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                their effective parity ;
be introduced in respect of the exporting country
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
last two entry prices available for that exporting                   of these currencies recorded for a given period in
country ;                                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                     in the previous indent ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 213/79 of
5 February 1979 fixing the reference price for cucum­
bers for the months of February to April 1979 (3) fixed          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
the reference price for products of Class I for April            March 1 979 (6), laid down the coefficient for
 1979 at 52-93 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;          expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                 ECU,
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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)                                    Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                          A countervailing charge of 6-71 units of account per
                                                                  100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­           (subheading 07.01 P I of the Common Customs
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­           Tariff) originating in Greece.
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into
consideration must be recorded on the representative
markets or, in certain circumstances, on other                                            Article 2
 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
(')  OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April
(*)  OJ No  L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 .                             1979 .
(>)  OJ No  L 30, 6. 2. 1979, p. 5 .
(«)  OJ No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.
(5 ) OJ No  L 90 , 5. 4 . 1978, p. 5.                            (b) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 17 April 1979 .
                                                                 For the Com mission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President