31973R0678

10 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 65/ 19

REGULATION (EEC) No 678/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 March 1973

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers imported from Bulgaria and Rumania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN indicated in Article 24 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No COMMUNITIES, 1035/72 and whereas the meaning of representative markets is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ ( EEC ) No 1037/72 ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No taken into . consideration on the representative 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­ markets referred to in Regulation (EEC) No zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last 1291 /70 (4), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2846/ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and 72 (5) and affect this price where applicable by the in particular the second subparagraph of Article coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) 27 (2) thereof ; No 537/73 ; Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/ Whereas, for cucumbers from Bulgaria and 72 provides that, if the entry price of a product Rumania, the entry price calculated in this way has imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the unit of account below the reference price for two reference price for two consecutive market days ; consecutive market days, a countervailing charge whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be must be introduced in respect of the exporting introduced for. cucumbers imported from Bulgaria country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ and Rumania ; stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the differ­ ence between the reference price and the arithmetic Whereas the entry prices available at present for mean of the last two entry prices available for that these two exporting countries allow the application exporting country ; of one charge ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 537/73 (3) of 20 February 1973 fixing for the first part of 1973 the reference price for class I Article 1 products at 45-6 units of account per 100 kg net for A countervailing charge of 5-8 units of account per the month of March 1973 ; 100 kg net is applied to cucumbers ( subheading ex Whereas the entry price for a given exporting 07.01 P of Common Customs Tariff) imported from country is equal to the lowest representative prices Bulgaria and Rumania. recorded for at least 30 °/o of the quantities from Article 2 the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative markets for which This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March prices are available, less the duties, and the charges 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 9 March 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972 , p . 147 . (') OJ No L 144, 2 . 7. 1970, p. 10. ( 3 ) OJ No L 51 , 24 . 2 . 1973 . p . 19 . ' 5 ) OJ No L 299, 31 . 12 . 1972; p. 1 .