CELEX: 31973R1291
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1291/73 of the Commission of 17 May 1973 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and Romania

No L 131 /22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               18 . 5 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1291 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 17 May 1973
               introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and Romania
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       markets is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         ( EEC ) No 1035 /72 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be
 pean Economic Community ;                                            taken into consideration on the representative
                                                                      markets referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          1291 /70 ( 4 ), amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2846/
 1035 /72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                    72 ( 5 ) and affect this price where applicable by the
 zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                coefficient fixed in Article 1 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC)
 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745 /72 ( 2 ), and                  No 999 / 73 ;
 in particular the second subparagraph of Article
 27 (2 ) thereof ;                                                    Whereas, for tomatoes from Bulgaria and Romania,
                                                                      the entry price calculated in this way has remained
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 /              at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference
72 provides that, if the entry price of a product                     price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50                   countervailing charge should therefore be introduced
 unit of account below the reference price for two                     for tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and Romania ;
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge
 must be introduced in respect of the exporting                       Whereas the entry prices available at present for these
 country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                       two exporting countries allow the application of
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the differ­                one charge ; whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC )
 ence between the reference price and the arithmetic                  No 1275 /73 of 16 May introducing a countervailing
 mean of the last two entry prices available for that                 charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria (6)
 exporting country ;                                                  should therefore be repealed ;
"Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 999/73 ( 3 )                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of 11 April 1973 fixing the reference prices for
 tomatoes for the 1973 marketing year fixes the refe­                                               Article 1
 rence price for class I products at 46-9 units of                    1.       A countervailing charge of 7-3 units of account
  account per 100 kg net for the month of May 1973 ;                  per 100 kg net is applied to tomatoes ( subheading
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting                         07.01 M of Common Customs Tariff) imported from
 country is equal to the lowest representative prices                 Bulgaria and Romania .
 recorded for at least 30 °/o of the quantities from                  2.        Regulation ( EEC ) No 1275 /73 is hereby re­
 the exporting country concerned which are                            pealed .
 marketed on all representative markets for which
 prices are available, less the duties, and the charges                                             Article 2
  indicated in Article 24 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May
  1035 /72 and whereas the meaning of representative                   1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 May 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (») OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p . 1 .                            {*) OJ No L 144 , 2 . 7. 1970 , p . 10 .
 (*) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147.                           (6) OJ No L 299 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , p . 1 .
 (») OJ No L 99 , 13 . 4 . 1973 , p . 30 .                             ( fi ) Of No L 130, 17 . 5 . 1973 , p . 37 .