31982R0575

12. 3 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 69 /35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 575/82

of 11 March 1982

introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers originating in Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (*), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices Economic Community, with the coefficient fixed in the first subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 303/82 ;

Whereas, for Bulgarian cucumbers, the entry price Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No calculated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization below the reference price for two consecutive market of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (2), and in be introduced for these cucumbers ; particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry price should be calculated on the following 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 imported from a third country remains at least 0-6 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, 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 of save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge 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 303/82 of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 9 February 1982 fixing the reference price for cucum­ bers for the 1982 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for products of Class I for the period 21 February to 31 March 1982 at 96-75 ECU per 100 kilograms Article 1 net ;

A countervailing charge of 12-90 ECU per 100 kilo­ grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for Bulgaria 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 the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; 1982.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 118, 30. 4. 1981 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (3) OJ No L 37, 10. 2. 1982, p. 12. 0 OJ No L 301 , 22. 10 . 1981 , p. 18 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission