CELEX: 31992R2450
Language: en
Date: 1992-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2450/92 of 24 August 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Brazil

No L 243/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   25. 8 . 92
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2450/92
                                                     of 24 August 1992
                        introducing a countervailing charge on apples originating in Brazil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Regulation (EEC) No 3811 /85 0, 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 Brazil, 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 1754/92 (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
Whereas Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
provides that, if the entry price of a product imported                tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the                tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the
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 previous indent,
country ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1660/92 of
26 June 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the
reference prices for apples (3) fixed the reference price for      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products of class I for the month of August 1992 at ECU
41,11 per 100 kilograms net ;
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 8,59 per 100 kilograms
 markets for which prices are available less the duties and        net is applied to apples (CN codes 0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93
 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC)       and 0808 10 99) originating in Brazil.
 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 26 August 1992.
 (') OJ No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No L  180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23.                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  L 172, 27. 6. 1992, p. 57.                             (s) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L  220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20.                             O 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, 24 August 1992.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission