31978R0845

27 . 4 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 115/39

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 845/78 of 26 April 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into COMMUNITIES, consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­ Economic Community, tion (EEC) No 244/78 ;

Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization account below the reference price for two consecutive of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these cucumbers : particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,

Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No price should be calculated on the following basis : 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in unit of account below the reference price for two relation to each other at any given moment within consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on be introduced in respect of the exporting country their effective parity ; concerned , save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference between 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 relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 244/78 of 6 February 1978 fixing the reference price for cucum­ bers for the months February to April 1 978 (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : month of April 1978 at 50-47 units of account per 100 kilograms net ;

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 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ A countervailing charge of 8-07 units of account per sentative markets for which prices are available, less 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the Tariff) originating in Greece. meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . 1978 . (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 37, 7. 2. 1978 , p. 11 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (5) OJ No L 90 , 5 . 4. 1978 , p. 5 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 April 1978 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President