31976R0364

No L 44/ 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 2. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 364/76 of 19 February 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of sweet oranges origi­ nating in Greece

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 211 8/74 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5), and to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European apply the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (4) of Regula­ Economic Community, tion (EEC) No 2973/75 to those prices ;

Whereas, for oranges from Greece of the varieties Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No listed in Article 1 (3) (c), of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization 2973/75 the entry prices calculated in this way have of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last for five consecutive market days been alternatively amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in above and below the reference price ; whereas four of particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) these entry prices are below the reference price, and thereof, one of them is more than 0-5 unit of account below the reference price ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these varieties of Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No sweet oranges originating in Greece ; 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a non-member country is alternatively above and below the reference price for five to seven Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article consecutive market days a countervailing charge is 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is introduced in respect of that non-member country, applied in principle for six days ; save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­ duced when three entry prices fall below the reference Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should price and one of those entry prices is at least 0-5 unit be calculated on the following basis : of account below the reference price ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas that charge is equal to the difference a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based on between the reference price and the last available their effective parity, entry price by at least 0-5 unit of account below the reference price ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/75 relation to the Community currencies referred to of 12 November 1975 fixing the reference prices for in the previous subparagraph, sweet oranges for the 1975/76 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for Class I products of Group II at 16-28 units of account per 100 kg net ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest on the average of the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned Article 1 which are marketed on all representative markets for which prices are available, less the duties and the A countervailing charge of 0*8 1 unit of account per charges referred to in Article 24 (3) of Regulation 100 kg net is applied to fresh sweet oranges (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of represen­ (subheading 08.02 A I of the Common Customs tative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation Tariff) originating in Greece other than the varieties (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Moro, Tarocco, Biondo comune ( Blanca comuna, (>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p . 3 . (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (}) OJ No L 295, 14. 11 . 1975, p . 18 . 5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .

20 . 2. 76 No L 44/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

Blonde commune), Grano de oro (Imperial, Sucrena), Article 2 Baladi, Pera, Macetera, Pineapple, Blood oval (Doble­ fina, Double fine), Portuguese sanguine, Sanguina This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February redonda (Entrefina), Surinam varieties and the ordi­ 1976. Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­ nary Sanguina variety, with the exception of Navel graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No sanguines (improved Double fine, Washington 1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 26 sanguina, Sanguina grande) and Maltese sanguines. February 1976.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission