31974R1031

No L 117 /46 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 4 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1031 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 29 April 1974

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers imported from Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be COMMUNITIES, taken into consideration on the representative markets referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 1291 /70 (4), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2846/72 (5) and Economic Community ; affect this price where applicable by the coefficients Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 425/74 ; 1035/72 ( j ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ Whereas, for cucumbers from Bulgaria the entry price tion of the market in fruit and vegetables as last calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/72 (2) and in of account below the reference price for two consecu­ particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge thereof ; should therefore be introduced for cucumbers Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No imported from Bulgaria ; 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 be calculated on the following basis : unit of account below the reference price for two — in the case of currencies which are maintained in consecutive market days , a countervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the exporting country relation to each other, at any given moment concerned , save in exceptional circumstances ; within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based whereas this charge is equal to the difference between on their effective parity ; the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the last two entry prices available for that exporting arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each country ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 425/ 74 (3 ) in the previous subparagraph , of 20 February 1974 fixing the reference price for the 1974 marketing year fixed the reference price for Class I at 35-5 units of account per 100 kg net for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : month of April 1974 ; Article 1 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded A countervailing charge of 4-6 units of account per for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting 100 kg net is applied to cucumbers (subheading No country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs Tariff) imported sentative markets for which prices are available, less from Bulgaria . the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 and whereas the Article 2 meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1974.

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 . (4) OJ No L 144, 2. 7. 1970 , p . 10 . P) OJ No L 49, 21 . 2. 1974, p . 11 . (5) OJ No L 299 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 1 .