31976R0639

24 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 77 /9

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 639/ 76 of 23 March 1976 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 and introducing a new countervailing charge on imports of cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas , consequently, the conditions laid down in COMMUNITIES , the first indent of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 / 72 are fulfilled in order, on the one hand, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European for the charge introduced pursuant to Article 25a of Economic Community, that Regulation to be revoked and, on the other, for a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No new charge to be introduced pursuant to Article 25 of 1035/72 of 18 March 1972 on the common organiza­ that Regulation ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in entry price should be calculated on the following particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) basis : thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 607/76 (3) introduced a relation to, each other at any given moment, countervailing charge on imports of cucumbers origi­ within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based nating in Bulgaria, pursuant to Article 25a of Regula­ on their effective parity, tion (EEC) No 1035/ 72 ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 laid down the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each conditions under which a charge may be introduced, of these currencies recorded for a given period in altered or abolished ; whereas it is laid down in Article relation to the Community currencies referred to 26 (2) of that Regulation that the charge introduced in the previous subparagraph , pursuant to Article 25a is to be applied for six days and that that charge may be revoked before the end of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : that period only if the application of Article 25 ( 1 ) results in the fixing of a new countervailing charge of Article 1 a higher amount ; 1 . A countervailing charge the amount of which is Whereas, in respect of cucumbers from Bulgaria, the fixed at 27-12 units of account per 100 kilogrammes present trend in the prices recorded on the representa­ net shall be levied on imports of cucumbers tive markets referred to in Regulation (EEC) No (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs 21 18 /74 (4), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Tariff) originating in Bulgaria. 385/ 75 (5), and recorded or calculated in accordance 2. Regulation (EEC) No 607/76 is repealed . with Article 5 of the abovementioned Regulation , shows that the entry prices on two consecutive market Article 2 days require the fixing of a charge exceeding the amount of the charge already introduced by Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March tion (EEC) No 607/76 ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels , 23 March 1976 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(•) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . I2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 3 . (3 ) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p . 12 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 . (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p . 8 .