31973R1275

17. 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 130/37

REGULATION (EEC) No 1275/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 May 1973 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN prices are available, less the duties, and the charges COMMUNITIES, indicated in Article 24 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035 /72 and whereas the meaning of representative Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ markets is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation pean Economic Community ; ( EEC ) No 1035 /72 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be 1035 /72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­ taken into consideration on the representative zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last markets referred to in Regulation (EEC) No amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745 /72 ( 2), and 1291 /70 ( 4 ), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2846/ in particular the second subparagraph of Article 72 (5) and affect this price where applicable by the 27 ( 2 ) thereof ; coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/ No 999/73 ; 72 provides that, if the entry price of a product Whereas, for tomatoes from Bulgaria, the entry price imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit unit of account below the reference price for two of account below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a countervailing charge consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing must be introduced in respect of the exporting charge should therefore be introduced for tomatoes country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ imported from Bulgaria ; stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the differ­ ence between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : exporting country ; Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 999/73 (3) Article 1 of 11 April 1973 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes for the 1973 marketing year fixes the refe­ A countervailing charge of 7-5 units of account per rence price for class I products at 46-9 units of 100 kg net is applied to tomatoes (subheading account per 100 kg net for the month of May 1973 ; 07.01 M of Common Customs Tariff) imported from Bulgaria. Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices Article 2 recorded for at least 30 °/o of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May marketed on all representative markets for which 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

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