23.3.95HEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL65/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No624/95
of22March1995
introducingacountervailing chargeonpearsoriginatinginSwitzerland
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No3290/94(2),andinparti­
cularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No249/93(6),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forpearsoriginatinginSwitzerlandtheentry
pricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleastECU
0,7245belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedforthesepears;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(8),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(9),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/95(10),WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)(EC)No
1035/72providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproduct
importedfromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU
0,7245belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays,acountervailing chargemustbeinroduced
inrespectoftheexportingcountryconcerned,savein
exceptionalcircumstances ;whereasthischargeisequal
tothedifferencebetweenthereferencepriceandthe
arithmeticmeanofthelasttwoentrypricesavailablefor
thatexportingcountry;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1557/94of30
June1994fixingforthe1994/95marketingyearthe
referencepricesforpears(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIatECU61,98per100kilogramsnet
forthemonthofMarch1995;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasArticle1(a)ofCouncilRegulation(EC)No
1165/94(4)laysdown,bywayofderogationforapplesand
pears,thattheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
tobeequaltothelowestrepresentative priceortothe
weightedaverageofthelowestrepresentative prices
recordedforatleast60%ofthequantitiesfromthe
exportingcountryinquestionmarketedonallrepresenta­
tivemarketsforwhichpricesareavailable,suchpriceor
pricesbeingreducedbythedutiesandchargesreferredto
inArticle24(3);whereaswhatismeantbyrepresentative
priceisdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Acountervailing chargeofECU21,80per100kilograms
netisappliedtopears(CNcodes08082031and
08082037)originatinginSwitzerland .
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(*),aslastamendedbyThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24March1995.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
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(3)OJNoL166,1.7.1994,p.55. (8)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(4)OJNoL130,25.5.1994,p.14.
0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
HOJNoL24,1.2.1995,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission