31977R2537

No L 294/20 18 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2537/77

of 17 November 1977

introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 21 1 8/74 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 385/75 (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 ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) (b) of Regula­ of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last tion (EEC) No 1050/77 ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in Whereas, for Romanian tomatoes the entry price calcu­ particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of thereof, account below the reference price for two consecutive Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these tomatoes ; 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 — 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 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1050/77 relation to the Community currencies referred to of 18 May 1977 fixing the reference price for tomatoes in previous subparagraph, until the end of the 1 977 marketing year (3), fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the period 1 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : October to 20 December 1977 at 23-33 units of account per 100 kilograms net ; Article 1 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country A countervailing charge of 2-36 units of account per is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 100 kilograms net is applied to tomatoes (subheading for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting ex 07.01 M of' the Common Customs Tariff) origi­ country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ nating in Romania. 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 19 November 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, 17 November 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

( i ) 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 . (3 OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 32. (5) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2. 1975, p. 8 .