31976R0607

No L 72/ 12 18 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 607 / 76

of 17 March 1976

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5), and to COMMUNITIES, apply the coefficient fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 248/76 to those prices ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas for Bulgarian cucumbers, the entry prices calculated in this way have for five consecutive market days been alternatively above and below the reference Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No price ; whereas three of these entry prices are more 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization than 0-5 unit of account below the reference price ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ( ! ), as last whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in introduced for cucumbers originating in Bulgaria ; particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No applied in principle for six days ; 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a non-member country is alternatively Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should above and below the reference price for five to seven be calculated on the following basis : consecutive market days a countervailing charge is introduced in respect of that non-member country, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­ relation to each other at any given moment within duced when three entry prices fall below the reference a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based on price and one of those entry prices is at least 0-5 unit their effective parity, of account below the reference price ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Whereas that charge is equal to the difference of these currencies recorded for a given period, in between the reference price and the last available relation to the Community currencies referred to entry price by at least 0-5 unit of account below the in the previous subparagraph ; reference price ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 248/76 of are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ 4 February 1976, fixing, for the months of February ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, and March 1976, the reference prices for cucum­ bers (3), fixed for the products of category quality I, the reference price at 59-94 units of account per 100 kg net for the month of March 1976 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest on the average of the lowest Article 1 representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned A countervailing charge of 12-11 units of account per which are marketed on all representative markets for 100 kg net is applied to cucumbers (subheading ex which prices are available, less the duties and the 07.01 P of the Common Customs Tariff) originating charges referred to in Article 24 (3) of Regulation in Bulgaria. ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of represen­ tative price 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 19 March taken into consideration on the representative markets 1976. Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­ referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4 ), as graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 24 (>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . March 1976 . (2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 3 . (3 ) OJ No L 30 , 5 . 2. 1976, p. 8 . 4 OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20, (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .

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

States .

Done at Brussels, 17 March 1976 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission