CELEX: 31992R2156
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2156/92 of 29 July 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in the United States of America

No L 214/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30 . 7. 92
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2156/92
                                                         of 29 July 1992
                 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in
                                                 the United States of America
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, for plums of group I originating in the United
                                                                   States of America the entry price calculated in this way
                                                                   has remained at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing
Economic Community,                                                charge should therefore be introduced for these plums ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry
Portugal,                                                          price should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the                  Article 3 ( 1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation
first subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof,                           (EEC) No 1676/85 (% as last amended by Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 2205/90 0.
Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Reflation (EEC) No 1035/72              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                 average of the ecu rates published in the Official
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the                  a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­                cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference
between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the last two entry prices available for that exporting              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
country ;                                                           Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1463/92 of 4
June 1992 fixing for the 1992 marketing year the
reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for
class I, group I at ECU 69,39 per 100 kilograms net for             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period from 11 June to 31 July 1992 ;
Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is
                                                                                              Article 1
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                  A countervailing charge of ECU 4,99 per 100 kilograms
markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and        net is applied to plums (CN codes 0809 40 1 1 and
the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)         0809 40 1 9), of the following varieties : Altesse simple
No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price            (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oul­
is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 lins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter,
1035/72 ;                                                           Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche),
                                                                    Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosniche, origina­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission           ting in the United States of America.
Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by
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 ;                                      Article 2
(■) OJ  No  L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1992.
(2) OJ  No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23.
(3) OJ  No  L 153, 5. 6. 1992, p. 12.
(4) OJ  No  L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20 .                            (<) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                            f) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 29 July 1992.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission