CELEX: 31993R2599
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2599/93 of 22 September 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand

23 . 9 . 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 238/29
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2599/93
                                                      of 22 September 1993
                      introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in New Zealand
 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
  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
 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
                                                                     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 O,
 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 ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1640/93 of
 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 100 kilograms net ;                                                             Article 1
                                                                    A countervailing charge of ECU 5,36 per 100 kilograms
 Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is           net is applied to apples originating in New Zealand (CN
 equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at          codes 0808 10 31 , 0808 10 33, 0808 10 39, 0808 10 51 ,
 least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country            0808 10 53, 0808 10 59, 0808 10 81 , 0808 10 83, and
 concerned which are marketed on all representative                 0808 10 89) originating in New Zealand.
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and
 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
Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by                This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 September
                                                                    1993 .
(') 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.
(') 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.                           O 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, 22 September 1993.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                Member of the Commission