CELEX: 31992R3117
Language: en
Date: 1992-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3117/92 of 28 October 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa

29. 10 . 92                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 312/21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3117/92
                                                      of 28 October 1992
                 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons 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 fresh lemons 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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
Portugal,                                                          therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ;
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 1413/92 of
27 May 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the
reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price for products of class I for the month of October
 1992 at ECU 50,57 per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                              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 2,34 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                  net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and        originating in South Africa.
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 1035/72 ; 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 30 October
                                                                    1992.
 (') OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23.                              0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  L 146, 28. 5. 1992, p. 71 .                             (6) 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.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 312/22                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        29. 10. 92
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 October 1992.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission