31974R2486

No L 265/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 10 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2486/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 October 1974 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN meaning of representative price is defined in Article COMMUNITIES, 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be Economic Community ; taken into consideration on the representative markets referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4) ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (J) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ Whereas, for Romanian table grapes 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 these table grapes ; Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product be calculated on the following basis : imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in unit of account below the reference price for two relation to each other, at any given moment consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based be introduced in respect of the exporting country on their effective parity ; concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the whereas this charge is equal to the difference between arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in last two entry prices available for that exporting relation to the Community currencies referred to country ; in the previous subparagraph, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 363/74 (3) of 31 May 1974 fixing the reference price HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for table grapes for the 1974 marketing year fixed the reference price for Class I at 19-8 units of account per Article 1 100 kg net for the months of September and October 1974 ; A countervailing charge of 5-6 units of account per 100 kg net is applied to table grapes (subheading Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country 08.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded in Romania . for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ Article 2 sentative markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and whereas the 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (I) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 . (3) OJ No L 147, 1 . 6. 1974, p. 44. (4 ) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .