31976R1841

29 . 7. 76 No L 203/37 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1841 /76 of 28 July 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Spain

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), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ; Economic Community, Whereas for lemons from Spain the entry price calcu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization account below the reference price for. two consecutive of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in therefore be introduced for lemons imported from particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Spain ; thereof, Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No price should be calculated on the following basis : 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product 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 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in last two entry prices available for that exporting relation to the Community currencies referred to country ; in the previous subparagraph, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1227/76 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the reference prices for lemons (3), fixed the reference price for Class I at 27-33 units of account per 100 kg Article 1 net for July 1976 ; Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 1-81 units of account per is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 100 kg net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading ex for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) originating country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ in Spain. 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 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1976 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(») OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (<) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. P) OJ No L 137, 26. 5. 1976, p. 23. (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .