29.9.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL284/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2816/92
of28October1992
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
theUnitedStatesofAmerica
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
Whereas,forplumsofgroupIoriginatingintheUnited
StatesofAmericatheentrypricecalculatedinthisway
hasremainedatleastECU0,6belowthereferenceprice
fortwoconsecutivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing
chargeshouldthereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1754/92(2),andinparticularthe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle27(2)thereof,Whereas,ifthesystemistooperatenormally,theentry
priceshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
Article3(1)lastparagraphofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent,WhereasArticle25(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,iftheentrypriceofaproductimported
fromathirdcountryremainsatleastECU0,6belowthe
referencepricefortwoconsecutivemarketdays,acoun­
tervailingchargemustbeintroducedinrespectofthe
exportingcountryconcerned,saveinexceptionalcircum­
stances;whereasthischargeisequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthearithmeticmeanof
thelasttwoentrypricesavailableforthatexporting
country;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1463/92of4
June1992fixingforthe1992marketingyearthe
referencepricesforplums(3)fixedthereferencepricefor
classI,groupIatECU60,71per100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofSeptember1992;
Article1
Whereastheentrypriceforagivenexportingcountryis
equaltothelowestrepresentativepricesrecordedforat
least30%ofthequantitiesfromtheexportingcountry
concernedwhicharemarketedonallrepresentative
marketsforwhichpricesareavailable,lesstheduties,and
thechargesindicatedinArticle24(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72;whereasthemeaningofrepresentativeprice
isdefinedinArticle24(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1035/72;Acountervailing chargeofECU4,89per100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcodes08094011and
08094019),ofthefollowingvarieties:Altessesimple
(commonquetsche,Hauszwetschge ),Reine-Clauded'Oul­
lins(OullinsGage),Sveskeblommer ,RuthGerstetter,
Ontario,Wangenheimer (earlyWangenheim quetsche),
Pershore(YellowEgg),MirabelleandBosniche,origina­
tingintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(1)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2118/74(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3811/850,thepricestobetakenArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceandwillbevalid
onlyon30September1992. (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.23.
(3)OJNoL153,5.6.1992,p.12.
(4)OJNoL220,10.8.1974,p.20.
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NoL284/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.92
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.28October1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission