CELEX: 31993R1522
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1522/93 of 21 June 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa

No L 150/40                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 6. 93
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1522/93
                                                      of 21 June 1993
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa
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
Economic Community,                                              Whereas for fresh lemons originating in South Africa the
                                                                 entry prices calculated in this way have for five consecu­
                                                                 tive 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
                                                                 countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by           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 1068/93Q,
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 (J) fixed the reference                                  Article 1
price for products of class I for the month of June 1993
at ECU 54,59 per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                 A countervailing charge of ECU 2,25 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 South Africa.
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 23 June 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 28 June 1993.
(') OJ  No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.                             o OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45.
O   OJ  No  L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 90.                           (') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 (4 OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                           Ç) 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, 21 June 1993.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission