CELEX: 31992R1862
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1862/92 of 7 July 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay

8 . 7. 92                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 188/25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1862/92
                                                       of 7 July 1992
                introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay
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 Uruguay 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 1 754/92 (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
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported               No 1 676/85 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                No 2205/90 0,
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 months of July and
August 1992 at ECU 60,82 per 100 kilograms net ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is                                    Article 1
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                A countervailing charge of ECU 3,68 per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       originating in Uruguay.
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 9 July 1992.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0 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 .
M OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                                O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 7 July 1992.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission