31977R0824

No L 99 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 4. 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 824/77 of 22 April 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Cyprus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (EEC) No 385/75 (5), the prices to be taken into COMMUNITIES, consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Economic Community, with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 for cucumbers 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization originating in Cyprus ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in Whereas, for Cyprian cucumbers the entry price calcu­ lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) account below the reference price for two consecutive thereof, market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ; 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 the entry unit of account below the reference price for two price should be calculated on the following basis : consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must — in the case of currencies which are maintained in be introduced in respect of the exporting country relation to each other, at any given moment, concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based whereas this charge is equal to the difference between on their effective parity ; the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each country ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 256/77 of relation to the Community currencies referred to 4 February 1977 fixing for the months of February to in previous subparagraph, April 1977 the reference price for cucumbers (3)j fixed the reference price for products of Class I at 49-53 units of account per 100 kilograms net for the month HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of April 1977 ; Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country Article 1 is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting A countervailing charge of 12-60 units of account per country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers sentative markets for which prices are available, less (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) Tariff) originating in Cyprus. of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article Article 2 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 April tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 ('), as amended by Regulation 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 April 1977. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (3) OJ No L 34, 5. 2. 1977, p. 52. (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .