31992R1482

6. 6. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 155/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1482/92 of 5 June 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Brazil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 3811 /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 fresh lemons originating in Brazil the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU 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 fresh lemons ;

Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the price should be calculated on the following basis : market in fruit and vegetables (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 56/92 (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 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) provides that, if the entry price of a product imported No 2205/90 0, from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU 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 1413/92 of 27 May 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price for products of class I for the month of June 1992 at 54,59 ECU 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 8,87 ECU per 100 kilograms markets for which prices are available less the duties and net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10) the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) 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 21 18/74 (4), as last amended by This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1992.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 122, 7. 5. 1992, p. 3. 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 146, 28 . 5. 1992, p. 71 . (6) 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, 5 June 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission