31979R1604

27. 7. 79 No L 189/61 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1604/79 of 26 July 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on peaches 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 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, for Greek peaches, the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0-50 unit of account below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should there­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No fore be introduced for these peaches ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ^), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1301 /79 (2), and in Whereas if the system is o operate normally the entry particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) price should be calculated on the following basis : thereof,

— 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 subparagraph ; 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 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1103/79 of 5 June 1979 fixing the reference prices for peaches for the 1979 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for July 1979 at 47-74 units of account per 100 kilograms met ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded Article 1 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 A countervailing charge of 2*29 units of account per 100 kilograms net is applied to peaches (subheading the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) 08.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff) originating of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the 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 18/71 (4), as last amended by Regula­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 1979 . (') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . I2) OJ No L 162, 30. 6. 1979, p. 26. (3) OJ No L 138, 6. 6. 1979, p. 7. (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 .

No L 189/62 27 . 7 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President