31979R0752

18 . 4 . 79 No L 96/ 7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 752/79 of 17 April 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN with the coefficients fixed in Article 1 (2) of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion ( EEC) No 213 /79 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, for Greek cucumbers, the entry price calcu­ lated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No account below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization therefore be introduced for these cucumbers ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 325/79 (2), and in 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 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product — in the case of currencies which are maintained in imported from a third country remains at least 0 50 relation to each other at any given moment within unit of account below the reference price for two a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must their effective parity ; be introduced in respect of the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the whereas this charge is equal to the difference between arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the of these currencies recorded for a given period in last two entry prices available for that exporting relation to the Community currencies referred to country ; in the previous indent ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 213/79 of 5 February 1979 fixing the reference price for cucum­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 bers for the months of February to April 1979 (3) fixed March 1 979 (6), laid down the coefficient for the reference price for products of Class I for April expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in 1979 at 52-93 units of account per 100 kilograms net ; ECU,

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; A countervailing charge of 6-71 units of account per 100 kilograms net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01 P I of the Common Customs Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Tariff) originating in Greece. tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (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 Article 2 markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April (*) OJ No L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1 . 1979 . (>) OJ No L 30, 6 . 2. 1979 , p. 5 . («) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20. (5 ) OJ No L 90 , 5. 4 . 1978, p. 5. (b) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 April 1979 .

For the Com mission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President