31984R2522

1 . 9 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 234/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2522/84 of 31 August 1984 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plums originating in Hungary

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN markets or, in certain circumstances, on other COMMUNITIES, markets ;

Whereas, for Hungarian plums of group I, the entry Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 Economic Community, 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 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 332/84 (2), and in entry price should be calculated on the following particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) basis : thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on 1065/72 provides that, if the entry price of a product their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient imported from a third country remains at least 0,6 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a countervailing charge must be intro­ No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84, duced in respect of the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circumstances ; whereas this charge — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the is equal to the difference between the reference price arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices these currencies recorded for a given period in available for that exporting country ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ cient, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/84 of 8 June 1984 fixing for the 1984 marketing year the reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for class I, group I, at 64,08 ECU per 100 kilograms net for the month of August 1 984 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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 Article 1 country concerned which are marketed on all repre­ sentative markets for which prices are available, less A countervailing charge of 12,01 ECU per 100 kilo­ the duties, and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) grams net is applied to plums (subheading 08.07 D of of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the the Common Customs Tariff), of varieties other than meaning of representative price is defined in Article Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveske­ blommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), tion (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regula­ Mirabelle and Bosniche, originating in Hungary. tion (EEC) No 3110/83 ( s), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative

Article 2 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . O OJ No L 130, 16 . 5. 1984, p. i . O OJ No L 154, 8 . 6 . 1984, p. 18 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September O OJ No L 303 , 5 . 11 . 1983 , p. 5 . 1984 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission