CELEX: 31991R3400
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3400/91 of 21 November 1991 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Hungary

No L 320/20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 11 . 91
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3400/91
                                                   of 21 November 1991
                     introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Hungary
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 apples originating in Hungary the entry
                                                                 price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6
                                                                 below the reference price for two consecutive market
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be
Portugal,                                                        introduced for these apples ;
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 1623/91 (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
                                                                     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported              tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the
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 1875/91 of
28 June 1991 fixing for the 1991 /92 marketing year the
reference prices for apples (3) fixed the reference price for     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products of Quality class I at ECU 44,61 per 100 kilo­
grams net for the month of November 1991 ;
                                                                                            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 8,02 per 100 kilograms
concerned which are marketed on all representative                net is applied to apples (CN codes 0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93
markets for which prices are available less the duties and        and 0808 10 99) originating in Hungary.
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 23 November
                                                                  1991 .
(') OJ  No L 118, 20. 5. 1972,  p. 1.
(*) OJ  No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 8.                             O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 168, 29. 6. 1991 , p. 70.                            (O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 220, 10. 8. 1974,  p. 20.                            0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
 ---pagebreak--- 22. 11 . 91                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 320/21
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 21 November 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission