31979R1545

25 . 7 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 187/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1545/79 of 24 July 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on lemons originating in Uruguay

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 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, for lemons from Uruguay, the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two consecu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization should therefore be introduced for these lemons ; of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1301 /79 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry thereof, price should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product their effective parity, imported from a third country remains at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each be introduced in respect of the exporting country of these currencies recorded for a given period in concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; relation to the Community currencies referred to whereas this charge is equal to the difference between in the previous indent ; the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1342/79 of 29 June 1979 fixing until the end of the 1979/80 marketing year the reference prices for lemons (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the month of July 1979 at 33-04 ECU per 100 kilograms net : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 2-40 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available , less grams net is applied to fresh lemons (subheading ex the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) 08.02 C of the Common Customs Tariff) originating of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the in Uruguay. 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 26 July 1979 . (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . ( 2 OJ No L 162, 30 . 6 . 1979 , p. 26 . (3) OJ No L 162, 30 . 6 . 1979 , p . 111 . (5) OJ No L 90 , 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5 . («) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 20 . (6) 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, 24 July 1979 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President