CELEX: 31978R3008
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3008/78 of 20 December 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids originating in Algeria

No L 357/48                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          21 . 12. 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3008/78
                                                    of 20 December 1978
              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                                   (EEC) No 385/75 (5), the prices to be taken into
COMMUNITIES,                                                     consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other
                                                                 markets ; whereas it is necessary, where appropriate, to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            multiply the prices with the coefficients fixed in
Economic Community,
                                                                 Article 1 (2), of Regulation (EEC) No 2656/78 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas for those products originating in Algeria the
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                entry price calculated in this way has remained at 0*50
of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last               unit of account below the reference price for two
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in               consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)             charge should therefore be introduced for these fresh
thereof,                                                         mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
                                                                 Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  originating in Algeria ;
1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product
imported from a third country remains at least 0-50              Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
unit of account below the reference price for two                price should be calculated on the following basis :
consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                       relation to each other at any given moment within
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between               a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the                   their effective parity ;
last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;                                                        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2656/78                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
of 13 November 1978 fixing for the 1978/79                           in previous subparagraph,
marketing year the reference price for mandarins
(including tangerines and satsumas), Clementines, wilk­
ings and other similar citrus hybrids (3), fixed for those
products of quality Class I the reference price at 19-74
units of account per 100 kg net for the period 1                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
November 1978 to 28 February 1979 ;
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
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               A countervailing charge of 6-94 units of account per
sentative markets for which prices are available, less            100 kg net is applied to fresh mandarins (including
the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)          tangerines and satsumas), clemetines, wilkings and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the                     other similar citrus hybrids (subheading ex 08.02 B of
meaning of representative price is defined in Article            the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Algeria.
24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
Whereas in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­                                      Article 2
tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as amended by Regulation
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 22
(i) OJ No  L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            December 1978 .
(2) OJ No  L  204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 12.
(>) OJ No  L  320, 14. 11 . 1978, p. 7.
(<) OJ No  L  220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                           (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, 20 December 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President