31977R0507

No L 66 / 30 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 3 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 507 / 77 of 11 March 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria and Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price COMMUNITIES , for two consecutive market days ; whereas a counter­ vailing charge has therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the entry prices available at present for these two exporting countries allow the application of one Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No charge , equal to the difference between the reference 1035 / 72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in prices established for each exporting country ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 459/77 of 4 March particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucum­ bers originating in Spain (6) should therefore be repealed ; Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it unit of account below the reference price for two should be calculated for the entry price on the consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must following basis : be introduced in respect of the exporting country — in the case of currencies which are maintained in concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 256/77 of on their effective parity ; 4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3), fixed — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the the reference price for Class I products at 6 1 - 69 units arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of account per 100 kilograms net for the month of of these currencies recorded for a given period, in March 1977 ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph, Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sentative markets for which prices are available , less the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative markets is defined in Article 1 Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; 1 . A countervailing charge of 7-61 units of account Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers falling taken into consideration on the representative markets within subheading ex 07-01 P of the Common referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as Customs Tariff and originating in Bulgaria and Spain . amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 385/75 (5 ), and if necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficients 2. Regulation (EEC) No 459/77 is hereby repealed. fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 ;

Whereas for Bulgarian and Spanish cucumbers the entry prices calculated in this way have remained at Article 2

(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March (2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6 . 1977 . (3 ) OJ No L 34, 5 . 2 . 1977, p. 52 . («) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 . (6) OJ No L 60, 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 9 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President