31976R1693

No L 190/24 14 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1693/76 of 13 July 1976

introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), COMMUNITIES , amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas for peaches from Greece the entry price Economic Community, calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No of account below the reference price for two consecu­ 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last should therefore be introduced for peaches imported from Greece ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry thereof, price should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product relation to each other, at any given moment imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 within a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based unit of account below the reference price for two on their effective parity ; consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the exporting country — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference between of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting in the previous subparagraph , country ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Reglation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1226/76 ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the reference prices for peaches (3), fixed the reference price for Class I at 34-45 units of account per 100 kg HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : net for July 1976 ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country Article 1 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting A countervailing charge of 3-56 units of account per country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ 100 kg net is applied to peaches (subheading 08.07 B sentative markets for which prices are available, less of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) Greece . of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article Article 2 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July taken into consideration on the representative markets 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (") OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 . (3) OJ No L 137, 26 . 5 . 1976, p . 22 . (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 .