NoL237/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.9.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2584/93
of21September1993
introducingacountervailing chargeonapplesoriginatinginSouthAfrica
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No638/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Regulation(EEC)No249/93(%thepricestobetaken
intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
WhereasforapplesoriginatinginSouthAfricatheentry
pricescalculatedinthiswayhaveforfiveconsecutive
marketdaysbeenalternativelyaboveandbelowthe
referenceprice;whereasoneoftheseentrypricesisat
leastECU0,6belowthereferenceprices;whereasa
countervailing chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfor
theseapples;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(6)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/930,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 :
Article1WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1640/93of
28June1993fixingforthe1993/94marketingyearthe
referencepricesforapples(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
productsofclassIforthemonthofSeptember1993at
ECU43,98per100kilogramsnet; Acountervailing chargeofECU4,47per100kilograms
netisappliedtoapples(CNcodes08081031,
08081033,08081039,08081051,08081053,
08081059,08081081,08081083and08081089),
originatinginSouthAfrica. Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentative pricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailablelessthedutiesand
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentative price
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23September
1993.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74("),aslastamendedbySubjecttotheprovisionsofthesecondsubparagraphof
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72,thisRegu­
lationshallbeapplicableuntil28September1993.
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.0OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7. 0OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.45.
(6)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.(3)OJNoL157,29.6.1993,p.8.
4OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21September1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission