28.8.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL218/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2388/93
of27August1993
introducinganewcountervailing chargeonprunesoriginatinginHungary,and
repealingRegulation (EEC)No2343/93
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No638/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Whereastheentrypricethuscalculatedforprunesorigi­
natinginHungary,resultsinthefixingofahighercoun­
tervailingchargethanthatlaiddownbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2343/93of23August1993introdu­
cingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginating
inHungary(6);
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72,anewcountervailing chargeshouldbefixed
andRegulation(EEC)No2343/93shouldberepealed;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92f)areusedto
convertamountsexpressediijthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(8);WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1429/93of
10June1993fixingforthe1993marketingyearthe
referencepricesforprunes(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassI,groupIatECU69,39per100kilo­
gramsnetforAugust1993;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU39,58per100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcodes08094011and
08094019),otherthanthefollowingvarieties:Altesse
simple(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Claude
d'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosnischeorigina­
tinginHungary.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No249/93(*),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28August1993.
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No2343/93ishereby
repealed.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.
(3)OJNoL140,11.6.1993,p.23.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
OOJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.(6)OJNoL213,24.8.1993,p.12.
OOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

NoL218/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.8.93
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27August1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission