NoL213/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.8.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2339/93
of23August1993
introducingacountervailing chargeonfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguay
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Regulation(EEC)No249/93(s),thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasforfreshlemonsoriginatinginUruguaythe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
thesefreshlemons;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)No1068/93f),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;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1319/93of
28May1993fixingforthe1993/94marketingyearthe
referencepricesforfreshlemons(3)fixedthereference
priceforproductsofclassIforthemonthofAugust1993
atECU60,82per100kilogramsnet;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU9,37per100kilograms
netisappliedtofreshlemons(CNcodeex08053010)
originatinginUruguay. Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25August1993.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedbySubjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil30August1993.
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(2)OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.0OJNoL132,29.5.1993,p.90.
OOJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.0OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.
(6)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23August1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission