NoL214/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.7.92
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2156/92
of29July1992
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
theUnitedStatesofAmerica
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIoriginatingintheUnited
StatesofAmericatheentrypricecalculatedinthisway
hasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(%aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/900.
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(2),andinparticularthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofReflation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1463/92of4
June1992fixingforthe1992marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIatECU69,39per100kilogramsnetfor
theperiodfrom11Juneto31July1992;
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/85(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU4,99per100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcodes08094011and
08094019),ofthefollowingvarieties:Altessesimple
(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Clauded'Oul­
lins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,origina­
tingintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31July1992. (■)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.
(3)OJNoL153,5.6.1992,p.12.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.1.(<)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.f)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29July1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission