CELEX: 31995R0350
Language: en
Date: 1995-02-21 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/95 of 21 February 1995 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

No L 40/8            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               22. 2. 95
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/95
                                                      of 21 February 1995
                       introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (5), 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 artichokes originating in Egypt the entry
                                                                   price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU
                                                                   0,7245 below the reference price for two consecutive
                                                                   market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                   therefore be introduced for these artichokes ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by            Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in parti­          1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6), as last
 cular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,          amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 0, 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 0,7245 below            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
 the reference price for two consecutive market days, a            tion (EC) No 157/95Q,
 countervailing charge must be introduced in respect of
 the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional
 circumstances ; whereas this charge is equal to the diffe­
 rence between the reference price and the arithmetic
 mean of the last two entry prices available for that expor­
 ting country ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2664/94 of 31
 October 1994 fixing for the 1994/95 marketing year the
 reference prices for artichokes (') fixed the reference price     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
 for products of class I at ECU 95,82 per 100 kilograms
 net for the month of February 1995 ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
 equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for al
 least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country           A countervailing charge of ECU 3,26 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                 net is applied to artichokes (CN codes 0709 10 10 and
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and        0709 10 20) originating in Egypt.
 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) Nc
 1035/72 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission           1995.
Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 (4), as last amended b)
                                                                   0 OJ No L 28 , 5. 2. 1993, p. 45.
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            0   OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1
0   OJ  No  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105                          0   OJ  No  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 284, 1 . 11 . 1994, p. 37                           (8) OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20                             0  OJ  No  L 24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 21 February 1995.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission