9.9.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL235/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2196/94
of8September1994
introducingacountervailing chargeoncertainvarietiesofplumoriginatingin
Hungary
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,intoconsiderationmustberecordedontherepresentative
marketsor,incertaincircumstances ,onothermarkets;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,Whereas,forplumsofgroupIIoriginatinginHungary
theentrypricecalculatedinthiswayhasremainedat
leastECU0,6belowthereferencepricefortwoconsecu­
tivemarketdays;whereasacountervailing chargeshould
thereforebeintroducedfortheseplums;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No3669/93(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle27(2)thereof,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,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,groupIIatECU47,99per100kilogramsnetfor
themonthofSeptember1994;Article1
Acountervailing chargeofECU7,31per100kilograms
netisappliedtoplums(CNcode08094011)ofthefollo­
wingvarieties:Altessesimple(commonquetsche,Hausz­
wetschge),Reine-Clauded'Oullins(OullinsGage),Sveske­
blommer,RuthGerstetter,Ontario,Wangenheimer (early
Wangenheimquetsche),Pershore(YellowEgg),Mirabelle
andBosnischeoriginatinginHungary.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(*),thepricestobetakenThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10September
1994.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8September1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission