CELEX: 31993R2464
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2464/93 of 7 September 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand

7. 9 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 226/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2464/93
                                                     of 7 September 1993
                   introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 C), 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 New Zealand 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 apples ;
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (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) 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 0,6 below the            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7);
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of             Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
the last two entry prices available for that exporting
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1640/93 of
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
28 June 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the
reference prices for apples (3) fixed the reference price for
products of class I for the month of September 1993 at
ECU 43,98 per 1 00 kilograms net ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at         A countervailing charge of ECU 7,55 per 100 kilograms
least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country           net is applied to apples (CN codes 0808 10 31 ,
concerned which are marketed on all representative                0808 10 33,      0808 10 39,      0808 10 51 ,  0808 10 53,
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        0808 10 59, 0808 10 81 , 0808 10 83, and 0808 10 89)
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       originating in New Zealand.
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 8 September
                                                                   1993 .
0 OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.                                O OJ No L 249, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45.
0 OJ No L 157, 29 . 6. 1993, p. 8 .                               (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20.                             0 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, 7 September 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission