CELEX: 31993R2339
Language: en
Date: 1993-08-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2339/93 of 23 August 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay

No L 213/6                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  24. 8 . 93
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2339/93
                                                      of 23 August 1993
                   introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (s), 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 Uruguay the
                                                                   entry prices calculated in this way have for six consecutive
                                                                   market days been alternatively above and below the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
                                                                   reference price ; whereas three of these entry prices are at
                                                                   least ECU 0,6 below the reference prices ; whereas a
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by            countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for
                                                                   these fresh lemons ;
 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 (6) are used to
 Whereas Article 25a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 provides that, if the entry price of a product imported           and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 from a non-member country is alternatively above and              conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 below the reference price for five to seven consecutive           whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 market days a countervailing charge is introduced in              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 respect of that non-member country, save in exceptional           lation (EEC) No 1068/93 f),
 cases ; whereas that charge is introduced when three entry
 prices fall below the reference price and one of those
 entry prices is at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ;
 whereas that charge is equal to the difference between the
 reference price and the last available entry price by at
 least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1319/93 of
 28 May 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
                                                                                            Article 1
 price for products of class I for the month of August 1993
 at ECU 60,82 per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                  A countervailing charge of ECU 9,37 per 100 kilograms
                                                                  net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is          originating in Uruguay.
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 ; whereas the meaning of representative price
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 :
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 1993.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission          Subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph of
Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by              Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this Regu­
                                                                  lation shall be applicable until 30 August 1993.
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.                              0 OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45.
0   OJ  No  L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 90.                            (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                          O 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, 23 August 1993.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission