13.7.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL170/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1868/93
of12July1993
introducingacountervailing chargeonpearsoriginatinginChile
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Regulation(EEC)No249/93(5),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,WhereasforpearsoriginatinginChiletheentryprices
calculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutivemarket
daysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthereference
price;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareatleastECU
0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedforthesepears;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No638/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(6)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(7),WhereasArticle25a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromanon-membercountryisalternativelyaboveand
belowthereferencepriceforfivetosevenconsecutive
marketdaysacountervailing chargeisintroducedin
respectofthatnon-membercountry,saveinexceptional
cases;whereasthatchargeisintroducedwhenthreeentry
pricesfallbelowthereferencepriceandoneofthose
entrypricesisatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;
whereasthatchargeisequaltothedifferencebetweenthe
referencepriceandthelastavailableentrypricebyat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1641/93of
28June1993fixingforthe1993/94marketingyearthe
referencepricesforpears(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofJuly1993atECU
47,03per100kilogramsnet;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU20,27per100kilograms
netisappliedtopears(CNcodes08082031,08082033,
08082035and08082039)originatinginChile.Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14July1993.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbySubjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraph of
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil19June1993.
0OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.
OOJNoL157,29.6.1993,p.10.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.(5)OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.
(6)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

NoL170/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.7.93
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12July1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission