31977R2514

17. 11 . 77 No L 293 /9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2514/77 of 16 November 1977 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Spain and Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN market days ; whereas a countervailing charge has COMMUNITIES, therefore to be introduced for these cucumbers ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2484/77 Economic Community, of 10 November 1977 (6) introduced a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas the entry prices available at present for these of the market in fruit and vegetables ( !), as last two exporting countries allow the application of one amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in charge, equal to the difference between the reference particular the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry thereof, prices established for each exporting country ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2484/77 should Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No therefore be repealed ; 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it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 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1049/77 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on of 1 8 May 1 977 fixing the reference price for cucum­ their effective parity ; bers until the end of the 1977 marketing year (3), fixed — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the the reference price for Class I products at 50-73 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 November 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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 21 1,8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 385/75 (5), the prices to be taken into 1 . A countervailing charge of 7-44 units of account consideration must be recorded on the representative per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers falling markets or, in certain circumstances, on other within subheading ex 07.01 of the Common Customs markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Tariff and originating in Spain and Greece. with the coefficients fixed in the second indent of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1049/77 ; 2. Regulation (EEC) No 2484/77 is hereby repealed . Whereas for Spanish cucumbers the entry prices calcu­ lated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two consecutive Article 2

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 . November 1977 . (3) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 30 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 . (6) OJ No L 287, 11 . 11 . 1977, p. 20 .

No L 293 / 10 17 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 1977 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President