31978R1312

16 . 6 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 158 /25

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1312/78 of 15 June 1978 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Romania

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 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Economic Community, with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1178/78 ;

Whereas, for Romanian cucumbers, the entry price Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of account below the reference price for two consecu­ of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 54/78 (2), and in 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 price should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product relation to each other at any given moment within imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on unit of account below the reference price for two their effective parity, consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the be introduced in respect of the exporting country arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in whereas this charge is equal to the difference between relation to the Community currencies referred to the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the in the previous subparagraph, last two entry prices available for that exporting country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 78/78 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 31 May 1978 fixing until the end of the 1978 marketing year the reference price for cucumbers (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the month of June 1978 at 30-72 units of account per 100 Article 1 kilograms net ;

A countervailing charge of 3-82 units of account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded Tariff) originating in Romania. 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 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 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1978 . (») OJ No L 118, 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . I2) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978, p. 5. («) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 . , (3) OJ No L 145, 1 . 6 . 1978 , p . 40 . (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, 15 June 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President