31977R0562

No L 71 / 32 18 . 3 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 562/77 of 17 March 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2118/74 (4), as COMMUNITIES, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (5) ;

Whereas for Israeli lemons, the entry prices calculated Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in this way have for five consecutive market days been Economic Community, alternatively above and below the reference price ; whereas two of these entry prices are more than 0.5 unit of account below the reference price ; whereas a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No countervailing charge should therefore be introduced 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization for lemons originating in Israel ; of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article thereof, 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 that charge is applied in principle for six days ;

Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas if the system is to operate normally it should 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product be calculated on the entry price on the following imported from a non-member country is alternatively basis : above and below the reference price for five to seven consecutive market days a countervailing charge is — in the case of currencies which are maintained in introduced in respect of that non-member country, relation to each other at any given moment within save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is intro­ a band of 2-25 % a rate of exchange based on duced when three entry prices fall below the reference their effective parity, price and one of those entry prices is at least 0.5 unit of account below the reference price ; whereas that — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the charge is equal to the difference between the refer­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each ence price and the last available entry price by at least of these currencies recorded for a given period, in 0.5 unit of account below the reference price ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1227/76 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year reference prices for lemons (3), fixed for the products HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of quality Class I, the reference price at 20.14 units of account per 100 kilograms net for the month of March 1977 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 0-62 unit of account per is equal to the lowest on the average of the lowest 100 kilograms net is applied to lemons (subheading representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the ex 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) origi­ quantities from the exporting country concerned nating in Israel. which are marketed on all representative markets for which prices are available, less the duties and the charges referred to in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of represen­ Article 2 tative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 1977. Subject to the provisions of the second subpara­ graph of Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it is necessary to record the prices to be taken into consideration on the representative markets 1035/72, this Regulation shall be applicable until 24 March 1977 . (') 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. 23 . (s ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .

18 . 3 . 77 No L 71 /33 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 17 March 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President