NoL213/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.8.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2343/93
of23August1993
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofprunesoriginatingin
Hungary
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No638/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasfortheseprunesoriginatinginHungarythe
entrypricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforsixconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasthreeoftheseentrypricesareat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseprunes;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(6)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3819/92(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 :
Article1 WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1429/93of
10June1993fixingforthe1993/94marketingyearthe
referencepricesforprunes(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIofGroupIatECU69,39per100kilo­
gramsnetforthemonthofAugust1993;Acountervailing chargeofECU19,78per100kilograms
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;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No249/93(*),thepricestobetakenArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25August1993.
Subjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil30August1993. (■)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.
(3)OJNoL140,11.6.1993,p.23.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
(ÓOJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.(6)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23August1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission