CELEX: 31993R3151
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3151/93 of 16 November 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco

17. 11 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 282/ 3
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3151 /93
                                                      of 16 November 1993
                      introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (5), as last amended by
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (6), the prices to be taken
                                                                    into consideration must be recorded on the representative
                                                                    markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                    Whereas, for tomatoes originating in Morocco the entry
                                                                    price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               below the reference price for two consecutive market
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                    days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
                                                                    introduced for these tomatoes ;
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                      Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (7) are used to
                                                                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                    and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported             tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the             lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8),
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 735/93 of 29
March 1993 fixing for the 1993 marketing year the
                                                                                               Article 1
reference prices for tomatoes (') fixed the reference price
for products of class I at ECU 46,47 per 100 kilograms
net for the period 1 October to 20 December 1 993 ;
                                                                    A countervailing charge of ECU 3,85 per 100 kilograms
                                                                    net is applied to tomatoes (CN code 0702 00) originating
                                                                    in Morocco.
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country
concerned which are marketed on all representative
markets for which prices are available, less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                                    Article 2
No 1035/72, under the conditions laid down in Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2849/93 (4) on varying entry
prices for tomatoes originating in Morocco ; whereas the
meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24            This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 November
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;                                1993 .
(') OJ No   L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20.
(2) OJ  No  L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.                                (6) OJ No L 28 , 5 . 2. 1993 , p. 45.
(3) OJ  No  L 75, 30 . 3. 1993, p. 16.                              O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 261 , 20. 10. 1993, p. 18                             if) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 November 1993 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission