CELEX: 31993R0938
Language: en
Date: 1993-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 938/93 of 21 April 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco

22. 4. 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 96/25
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 938/93
                                                      of 21 April 1993
                    introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      tomatoes originating in Morocco being applicable ;
                                                                 whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in
                                                                 Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission
 Economic Community,                                             Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (^ as last amended by
                                                                 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the
 Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of
                                                                 Whereas, for tomatoes originating in Morocco the entry
 the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
                                                                 price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular the
                                                                 below the reference price for two consecutive market
second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,
                                                                 days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
                                                                 introduced for these tomatoes ;
                                                                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                  1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 f) are used to
Whereas Article 25 (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 third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the           tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­         lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (8) ;
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 735/93 of 29
March 1993 fixing for the 1992 marketing year the
reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price                                 Article 1
for products of class I at ECU 197,27 per 100 kilograms
net for the month of April 1993 ;
                                                                 A countervailing charge of ECU 57,21 per 100 kilograms
                                                                 net is applied to tomatoes (CN code 0702 00) originating
                                                                 in Morocco.
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
concerned which are marketed on all representative                                          Article 2
markets for which prices are available less the duties and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
3133/92 of the Commission (4) altering the entry price of        This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April 1993.
(') OJ No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            O   OJ No  L 220, 10.  8. 1974, p. 20.
0   OJ No  L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.                              (6) OJ No  L 28, 5. 2.  1993, p. 45.
0   OJ No  L 75, 30. 3. 1993, p. 16.                             0   OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 18.                           (8  OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 21 April 1993.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission