CELEX: 31976R2820
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2820/76 of 22 November 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating in Algeria

No L 324/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 11 . 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2820/76
                                                    of 22 November 1976
              introducing a countervailing charge on mandarins (including tangerines and
              satsumas), Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating in
                                                            Algeria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as
COMMUNITIES,                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5), and if
                                                                   necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficients
                                                                   fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              2756/76 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas for those products originating in Algeria the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       entry price calculated in this way has remained at
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                  least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                 for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                  valing charge should therefore be introduced for these
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)               fresh mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
thereof,                                                           Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
                                                                   originating in Algeria ;
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product             Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                price should be calculated on the following basis :
unit of account below the reference price for two                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                        relation to each other, at any given moment
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                           within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between                   on their effective parity ;
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
last two entry prices available for that exporting                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
country ;                                                                of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                         in previous subparagraph,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2756/76
of 11 November 1976 fixing for the 1976/77
marketing year the reference price for mandarins
(including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, wilk­
ings and other similar citrus hybrids (3), fixed for those         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products of quality Class I the reference price at 19-74
units of account per 100 kg net for the period 1
November 1976 to 28 February 1977 ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country              A countervailing charge of 118 units of account per
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded              100 kg net is applied to fresh mandarins (including
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting             tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, wilkings and
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­                 other similar citrus hybrids (subheading ex 08.02 B of
sentative markets for which prices are available, less             the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Algeria.
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the
meaning of representative 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
taken into consideration on the representative markets            This       Regulation   shall    enter into force on      24
                                                                   November 1976 .
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6 .                             (4 ) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 ) OJ No L 312, 13 . 11 . 1976 , p. 39 .                        ( 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, 22 November 1976 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission