31978R0678

No L 92/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 4 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 678 /78 of 5 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece and Romania

THE COMMISSION OP 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 665/78 of 3 April 1 978 (6) has introduced a countervailing Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No charge on cucumbers originating in Greece ; 1035/ 72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last Whereas the entry prices available at present for these amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 034/ 77 (2 ), and in two exporting countries allow the application of one particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) charge , equal to the difference between the reference thereof, price and the arithmetic mean of the average entry prices established for each exporting country ; whereas Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 665/78 should 1035 /72 provides that , if the entry price of a product therefore be repealed ; imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, it consecutive market days , a countervailing charge must, should be calculated for the entry price on the be introduced in respect of the exporting country following basis : concerned , save in exceptional circumstances ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 244/78 of relation to each other at any given moment within 6 February 1 978 fixing for the months February to a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on April 1978 the reference price for cucumbers (3) fixed their effective parity ; the reference price for Class I products at 50-47 units — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the of account per 100 kilograms for the month of April arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 1978 ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country in the previous subparagraph , is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 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 Article 1 Article 24 ( 2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/ 72 ;

1 . A countervailing charge of 3 68 units of account Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers falling tion (EEC) No 21 1 8 / 74 (4 ), as last amended by Regula­ within subheading ex 0701 P of the Commun tion ( EEC) No 385 / 75 ( 5 ), the prices to be taken into Customs Tariff and originating in Greece and consideration must be recorded on the representative Romania . markets or, in certain circumstances , on other markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficients fixed in the first indent of Article 2. Regulation (EEC) No 665/78 are hereby 1 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 244/ 78 ; repealed .

Whereas for Romanian cucumbers the entry prices calculated in this way have remained at least 0-50 unit Article 2

(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April \2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p. 1 . 1978 . (} ) OJ No L X7, 7 . 2. 1978 , p . 11 . H OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 . (5 ) OJ No L 44, 18 . 2 . 1975, p . 8 . (o) OJ No L 89 , 4 . 4 . 1978 , p. 22.

6 . 4 . 78 No L 92/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 5 April 1978 .

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