CELEX: 31976R2279
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2279/76 of 20 September 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Czechoslovakia

21 . 9 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 257/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2279/76
                                                   of 20 September 1976
               introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in
                                                       Czechoslovakia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;
                                                                 Whereas, for Czechoslovak plums of Group II the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           entry price calculated in this way has remained at
 Economic Community,                                             least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price
                                                                 for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­
                                                                 vailing charge should therefore be introduced for
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    these plums ;
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry
 particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2)            price should be calculated on the following basis :
 thereof,
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product               on their effective parity ;
 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
unit of account below the reference price for two                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must                of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
be introduced in respect of the exporting country                     relation to be Community currencies referred to in
concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ;                        the previous subparagraph,
whereas this charge is equal to the difference between
the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the
 last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1224/76
of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the
 reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference price
 for Class I, Group II at 20-68 units of account per 100                                   Article 1
 kg net for September 1976 ;
                                                                 A countervailing charge of 5*61 units of account per
                                                                  100 kg net is applied to plums (subheading ex 08.07
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country            D of the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties Altesse
is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded            simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-
for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting           Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer,
country concerned which are marketed on all repre­               Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer (early
sentative markets for which prices are available, less           Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mira­
 the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3)         belle and Bosniche, originating in Czechoslovakia.
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       22
                                                                 September 1976.
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6.                               («) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .
(}) OJ No L 137, 26 . 5 . 1976, p. 18 .                          (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 September 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission