31974R1294

No L 140 /46 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 5 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 1294/74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 22 May 1974

introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes imported from Bulgaria and

Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1 291 /70 (4),

COMMUNITIES, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2846/72 (5) and affect this price where applicable by the coefficient Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 749/74 ; Economic Community ; Whereas, for tomatoes from Bulgaria and Romania, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the entry price calculated in this way has remained at 1035/72 (^ of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as l^st for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in vailing charge has been introduced for tomatoes particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) imported from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively by thereof ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 262/74 (6) and (EEC) No

Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1271 /74 (7) ;

1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product Whereas the entry prices available at present for these imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 two exporting countries allow the application of one unit of account below the reference price for two charge ; equal to the difference between the reference consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry be introduced in respect of the exporting country prices established for each exporting country whereas concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; Regulation (EEC) Nos 1262/74 and 1271 /74 should Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 749/74 (3) therefore be repealed,

of 29 March 1 974 fixing the reference prices for toma­

toes for the 1974 marketing year fixes the reference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price for class I products at 52-8 units of account per 100 kg net for the month of May 1974 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country 1 . A countervailing charge of 14-2 units of account is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded per 100 kg net is applied to tomatoes (subheading for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting 07.01 M of Common Customs Tariff) imported from country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ Bulgaria and Romania. sentative markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) 2. Regulation (EEC) Nos 1262/74 and 1271 /74 are of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and whereas the hereby repealed. meaning of representative markets is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Article 2

Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May taken into consideration on the representative markets 1974 .

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

States .

Done at Brussels, 22 May 1974.

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

4) OJ No L 144, 2. 7. 1970, p. 10 . (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 299 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 . (6) OJ No L 138 , 21 . 5 . 1974, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 86, 30. 3. 1974, p. 71 . ( 7) OJ No L 139, 22. 5. 1974, p. 11 .