31977R0621

25 . 3 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 77/35

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 621 /77 of 24 March 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain and Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of account below the reference price for two consecu­ COMMUNITIES , tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge has therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 of 11 March 1977 (6), as last amended by Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ( EEC) No 591 /77 (7), has introduced a countervailing 1035/ 72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization charge on cucumbers originating in Spain ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in Whereas the entry prices available at present for these particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) two exporting countries allow the application of one thereof, charge , equal to the difference between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No prices established for each exporting country ; whereas 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 of 1 1 imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 March 1977 should therefore be repealed ; unit of account below the reference price for two consecutive market days , a countervailing charge must Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it be introduced in respect of the exporting country should be calculated for the entry price on the concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 256/ 77 of 4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to relation to each other, at any given moment, April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3), fixed within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; the reference price for Class I products at 61 -69 units of account per 100 kilograms net for the month of — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the March 1 977 ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country relation to the Community currencies referred to is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded in the previous subparagraph , for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ sentative markets for which prices are available , less the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035 /72 ; whereas the meaning of representative markets is defined in Article 24 ( 2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/ 72 ; Article 1

Whereas , in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ 1 . A countervailing charge of 1685 units of tion ( EEC) No 21 18 /74 (4 ), as last amended by Regula­ account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucum­ tion ( EEC) No 385 / 75 (5 ), the prices to be taken into bers falling within subheading ex 07.01 P of the consideration must be recorded on the representative Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain and markets or, in certain circumstances , on other Romania . markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article 2 . Regulation ( EEC) No 507/77 is hereby repealed . 1 ( 2) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 256/ 77 ;

Whereas for Romanian cucumbers the entry prices Article 2 calculated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March ') O ) No L 118 , 20 . V 1972, p. 1 . 1 977 . ') 0 | No L 93 , 8 . 4 . 1976, p. 6 . ') O'l No L 34, 5 . 2 . 1977, p. 52. 4 ) O'l No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (") Ol No L 66 , 12 . 3 . 1977, p. 30 . *) O'l No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1 97 5, p. S. O O.I No L 7.5 , 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 29 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 March 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President