31981R2471

No L 243/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 8 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2471 /81

of 25 August 1981

introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Bulgaria

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 Bulgarian plums of Group I, the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization therefore be introduced for these plums ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the thereof, entry price should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1035/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product relation to each other at any given moment within imported from a third country remains at least 0-6 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on ECU below the reference price for two consecutive their effective parity ; market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­ duced in respect of the exporting country concerned, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in is equal to the difference between the reference price relation to the Community currencies referred to and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices in the previous indent, available for that exporting country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1131 /81 of 28 April 1981 fixing for the 1981 marketing year the reference price for plums (3), fixed the reference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price for Class I, Group I, at 49-59 ECU per 100 kilo­ grams net for the month of August 1981 ;

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 8-78 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available, less grams net is applied to plums (subheading 08.07 D of the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other than of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), meaning of representative price is defined in Article Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveske­ 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 035/72 ; blommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Bulgaria. 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 (*), the prices to be taken into

Article 2 (') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4. 1981 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118, 30. 4. 1981 , p. 30. (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 0 OJ No L 90, 5. 4. 1978 , p. 5. 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 August 1981 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission