31979R0655

4 . 4 . 79 No L 84/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 655 /79 of 3 April 1979 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 213/79 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas, for Romanian cucumbers, the entry price of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (2), and in of account below the reference price for two consecu­ particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge thereof, should therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ;

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 unit of account below the reference price for two — in the case of currencies which are maintained in i consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must relation to each other at any given moment within be introduced in respect of the exporting country a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; their effective parity ; 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 indent,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 213/79 of 5 February 1979 fixing the reference price for cucum­ bers for February to April 1979 (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for March 1979 at 64- 16 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION units of account per 100 kilograms net ;

A countervailing charge of 3-73 units of account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country (subheading 07.01 P I 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; 1979 . (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (>) OJ No L 30, 6 . 2. 1979, p. 5 . (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, 3 April 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President