CELEX: 31992R2602
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2602/92 of 7 September 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in South Africa

8 . 9 . 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 262/ 13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2602/92
                                                     of 7 September 1992
                   introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in South Africa
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), 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
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas, for apples originating in South Africa the entry
                                                                   price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
                                                                  below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Portugal,                                                          introduced for these apples ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   price should be calculated on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                       of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                       rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                       the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
 exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­              average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference              Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of                  a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
the last two entry prices available for that exporting                  cient referred to in the preceding indent,
country ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1660/92 of
 26 June 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the
 reference prices for apples (3) fixed the reference price for      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products of Quality class I at ECU 43,98 per 100 kilo­
grams net for the month of September 1992 ;
                                                                                              Article 1
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           A countervailing charge of ECU 8,41 per 100 kilograms
 concerned which are marketed on all representative                 net is applied to apples (CN codes 0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93
 markets for^which prices are available less the duties and        and 0808 1 0 99) originating in South Africa.
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 1 035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
 is defined in Article 24(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 :
                                                                                              Article 2
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3(1 ) of Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by              This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September
                                                                    1992.
 (') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23.                             o OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ  No L 172, 27. 6. 1992, p. 57.                             I6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                             O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 7 September 1992.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                Member of the Commission