NoL232/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.9.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2173/94
of5September1994
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
Hungary
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIoriginatinginHungarythe
entrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedatleast
ECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecutive
marketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93Q,areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(8),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/940,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No3669/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleast0,6ECUbelowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1324/94of
8June1994fixingforthe1994marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIatECU60,71per100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofSeptember1994;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU17,36per100kilograms
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
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1035/72:
Article2
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No249/93(*),thepricestobetakenThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7September
1994.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL338,31.12.1993,p.26.
(3)OJNoL144,9.6.1994,p.7.0OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(0OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.(*)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.oOJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(8)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
OOJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5September1994.
.FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission