CELEX: 31994R0404
Language: en
Date: 1994-02-25
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 404/94 of 24 February 1994 introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt

No L 54/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25. 2. 94
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 404/94
                                                        of 24 February 1994
                         introducing a countervailing charge on artichokes originating in Egypt
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), 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 0,6
                                                                      below the reference price for two consecutive market
                                                                      days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                introduced for these artichokes ;
  of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
  market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
  Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular the               Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
  second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 Q, 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
  provides that, if the entry price of a product imported             whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
  from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the             tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
  reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8),
  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 ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2931 /93 of
 25 October 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year
 the reference prices for artichokes (3) fixed the reference          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price for products of class I for the period 1 January to 30
 April 1994 at ECU 79,35 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 1,38 per 100 kilograms
 concerned which are marketed on all representative                  net is applied to artichokes (CN code 0709 10 00) origina­
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and          ting 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) No
 1035/72 :
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission             This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February
Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by                 1994.
(')  OJ  No  L 118, 20.   5. 1972, p. 1 .                            0   OJ  No  L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45.
(2)  OJ  No  L 338, 31 .  12. 1993, p. 26.                           0   OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 265, 26.   10. 1993, p. 10.                           O   OJ  No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(4)  OJ  No  L 220, 10.   8. 1974, p. 20.                            (8) 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, 24 February 1994.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                             Member of the Commission