CELEX: 31978R3068
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3068/78 of 27 December 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in Greece

No L 366/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 12. 78
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3068/78
                                                        of 27 December 1978
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges origi
                                                          nating in Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (4) second
COMMUNITIES,                                                         indent of Regulation (EEC) No 2655/78 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas, for oranges from Greece of the varieties
Economic Community,                                                  listed in Article 1 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2655/78 , the entry price calculated in this way has
                                                                      remained at least 0.50 unit of account below the refer­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                    ence price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                    countervailing charge should therefore be introduced
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in                    for certain varieties of sweet oranges originating in
                                                                      Greece ;
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       prices should be calculated :
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
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 2655/78
of 13 November 1978 fixing the reference prices for
sweet oranges for the 1978/79 marketing year (3) fixed
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the reference price for Class I products of Group I at
 18.90 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;
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 3.80 units of account per
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                     100 kilograms net is applied to fresh sweet oranges
sentative markets for which prices are available, less                (subheading 08.02 A I of the Common Customs
the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)                Tariff) originating in Greece other than the varieties
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                          Moro, Tarocco, Biondo comune (Blanca comuna,
meaning of representative price is defined in Article                 Blonde commune), Grano de Oro (Imperial, Sucrena),
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                               Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval (Doble­
                                                                      fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine, Sanguina
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­                 redonda (Entrefina), Surinam varieties and the ordi­
tion (EEC) No 21 1 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­               nary Sanguina variety, with the exception of Navel
tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into                 sanguines (improved Double fine, Washington
consideration must be recorded on the representative                  sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines.
markets    or,     in   certain      circumstances ,   on   other
markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices
                                                                                              Article 2
(!) OJ No   L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 204, 28 .   7. 1978 , p. 12.
(3) OJ No   L  320 , 14.  11 . 1978 , p. 5 .
(") OJ No   L  220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                           This    Regulation   shall  enter into   force    on   29
p)  OJ No   L  90 , 5. 4.  1978 , p . 5.                              December 1978 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 December 1978 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President