31983R2780

No L 273 / 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 10 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2780/83 of 5 October 1983 introducing a countervailing charge on cucumbers 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 ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the coefficient fixed in the second indent of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 ; Economic Community,

Whereas, for Spanish 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 2004/83 (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 :

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 central rate, 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 is equal to the difference between the reference price these currencies recorded for a given period in and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices relation to the Community currencies referred to available for that exporting country ; in the previous indent,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 292/83 of 3 February 1983 fixing the reference prices for cucum­ bers for the 1983 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for the month of October HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1983 at 75,02 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 20,62 ECU per 100 kilo­ sentative markets for which prices are available less the grams net is applied to cucumbers (subheading 07.01 duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of P I of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning Spain . of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by Regula This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 1983 . (') OJ No L 198 , 21 . 7. 1983 , p. 2. (■') OJ No L 33 , 4. 2. 1983 , p. 14. (4) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 301 , 22. 10 . 1981 , p . 18 .

6 . 10 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 273/27

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

Done at Brussels, 5 October 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission