31976R2097

26. 8 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 235/ 11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2097/76 of 25 August 1976 introducing a countervailing charge on peaches originating 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 21 18/74 (4), Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ; Economic Community, Whereas for peaches from Greece the entry price Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of account below the reference price for two consecu­ of the market in fruit and vegetables (] ), as last tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in should therefore -be introduced for peaches imported particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) from Greece ; 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 1226/76 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : reference prices for peaches (3), fixed the reference price for Class I at 32-57 units of account per 100 kg net for August and September 1976 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 4-60 units of account per is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 100 kg net is applied to peaches (subheading 08.07 B for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ Greece . 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 27 August 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, 25 August 1976. For the Commission Henri SIMONET Vice-President

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (4) 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 .