31982R1279

No L 148/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 5 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1279/82 of 26 May 1982 introducing a countervailing charge on courgettes originating in Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion (EEC) No 3011 /81 (*), 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 Spanish courgettes, the entry price calcu­ lated in this way has remained at least 0-6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization introduced for these courgettes ; of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1203/82 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) Whereas if the system is to operate normally the entry thereof, 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 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on imported from a third country remains at least 0-6 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 888/82 of 19 April 1982 fixing for the 1982 marketing year the reference prices for courgettes (3) fixed the reference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price for products of Class I for the month of May 1982 at 49-68 ECU per 100 kilograms net ;

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 18-77 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available, less grams net is applied to courgettes (subheading 07.01 T the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the Spain. meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Article 2 tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­

(') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 1982. (2) OJ No L 140 , 20 . 5 . 1982, p. 36. (3) OJ No L 105, 20 . 4. 1982, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . (*) 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, 26 May 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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