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30 . 8 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 221 / 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/77

of 29 August 1977

introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 385/77 (5), the prices to be taken into Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European consideration must be recorded on the representative Economic Community, markets or, in certain circumstances, on other Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No markets ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas, for Greek table grapes, the entry price calcu­ of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in account below the reference price for two consecutive particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should thereof, therefore be introduced for these table grapes ; Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product entry price should be calculated on the following imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 basis : unit of account below the reference price for two — in the case of currencies which are maintained in consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the exporting country relation to each other at any given moment within concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on whereas this charge is equal to the difference between their effective parity ; the reference price and the airthmetic mean of the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the last two entry prices available for that exporting arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each country ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1215/77 in the previous subparagraph, of 7 June 1977 fixing the reference price for table grapes for the 1977 marketing year (3) fixed the refer­ ence price for products of Class I at 29-20 units of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : account per 100 kilograms net for the month of August 1977 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 3-93 units of account per is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 100 kilograms net is applied to table grapes for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting (subheading 08.04 A I of the Common Customs country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ Tariff) originating in 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 31 August 1977 . 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

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

Done at Brussels, 29 August 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20. (J) OJ No L 140, 8 . 6. 1977, p. 14. (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .