31980R2436

25 . 9 . 80 No L 252/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2436/80 of 24 September 1980 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Yugoslavia

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 Economic Community, Whereas, for Yugoslav plums of Group II, the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0 6 ECU 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 plums ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1367/80 (2), and in Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) entry price should be calculated on the following thereof, basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No relation to each other at any given moment within 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on imported from a third country remains at least 0.6 their effective parity ; ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the duced in respect of the exporting country concerned, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this of these currencies recorded for a given period in charge is equal to the difference between the refer­ relation to the Community currencies referred to ence price and the arithmetic mean of the last two in the previous indent, entry prices available for that exporting country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1085/80 of 2 May 1980 fixing for the 1980 marketing year the reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference price HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for Class I, Group II, at 29-97 ECU per 100 kilograms net for the month of September 1980 ;

Article 1 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 A countervailing charge of 3.42 ECU per 100 kilo­ country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ grams net is applied to plums (subheading 08.07 D of sentative markets for which prices are available, less the Common Customs Tariff), of the following varie­ the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) ties : Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hausz­ of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the wetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), meaning of representative price is defined in Article Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangen­ 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; heimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Yugoslavia. Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 668/78 (5), the prices to be taken into Article 2 (>) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 24. (3) OJ No L 114, 3 . 5. 1980, p. 5 . (♦) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 (5) OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5 . September 1980.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 1980 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President