31974R2623
17 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 280 / 11
REGULATION ( EEC) No 2623 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 October 1974 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in 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 21 1 8 /74 (5), and to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European multiply the prices with the coefficients fixed in Economic Community ; Article 1 (2) in Regulation ( EEC) No 749/74 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 035/72 ( x ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza Whereas, for Bulgarian tomatoes the entry price calcu lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of tion of the market in fruit and vegetables as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in account below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) therefore be introduced for these tomatoes ; thereof ; 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 the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each last two entry prices available for that exporting of these currencies recorded for a given period, in country ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in previous subparagraph , Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 749 /74 (3 ) of 29 March 1974 fixing the reference price for table tomatoes for the 1974 marketing year, as amended by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation ( EEC) No 251 8 /74 (4), fixed the reference price for Class I at 18-80 units of account per 100 kg Article 1 net from 7 October to 20 December 1974 ; Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 3-5 units of account per is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 100 kg net is applied to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting M of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in country concerned which are marketed on all repre Bulgaria . sentative markets for which prices are available , less the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 and whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 24(2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; 1974 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 16 October 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 . (3 ) OJ No L 86, 30 . 3 . 1974, p. 71 . (4) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . H OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 .