31979R2310

20 . 10 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 264/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2310/ 79 of 19 October 1979 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN consideration must be recorded on the representative COMMUNITIES, markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas for Greek table grapes the entry price calcu­ Economic Community, lated 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No therefore be introduced for these table grapes ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 30 1 /79 (2), and in Whereas if the system is to 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 change 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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 country ; March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1418/79 of 9 July 1979 fixing the reference prices for table grapes for the 1979 marketing year (3) fixed the refer­ ence price for products of class I for October at 34-23 ECU per 100 kilograms net ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 Article 1 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) A countervailing charge of 4-76 ECU per 100 kilo­ of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the grams net is applied to table grapes (subheading 08.04 meaning of 'representative price' is defined in Article A I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Greece .

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ A rticle 2 tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October (2) OJ No L 162, 30 . 6 . 1979, p. 26. 1979 . (J) OJ No L 172, 10 . 7. 1979, p. 6 . («) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . 5) OJ No L 90, 5 . 4. 1978 , p. 5 . (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, 19 October 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President