CELEX: 31993R1677
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1677/93 of 29 June 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa

30 . 6. 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 158 /41
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1677/93
                                                      of 29 June 1993
                  introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in South Africa
 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 fresh lemons originating in South Africa the
                                                                 entry price calculated in this way has remained at least
                                                                 ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72            market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should
                                                                 therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons :
 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
 Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 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 P),
 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 1319/93 of
 28 May 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the
 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference
 price for products of class I for the month of June 1993
at ECU 54,59 per 100 kilograms net ;
                                                                                           Article 1
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          A countervailing charge of ECU 2,06 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative               net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10)
markets for which prices are available less the duties and       originating in South Africa.
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 1 July 1993.
(') OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) 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.                           (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, 29 June 1993.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission