31992R1915

No L 192/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 7 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1915/92 of 10 July 1992 introducing a countervailing charge on cherries originating in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, by Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 (*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the repre­ sentative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Whereas, for' cherries originating in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic the entry price calculated in this way Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and has remained at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price Portugal, for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these cherries ;

Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by price should be calculated on the following basis : Regulation (EEC) No 1 754/92 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in provides that, if the entry price of a product imported the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (6), as amended by Regulation reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ (EEC) No 2205/90 0, tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference average of the ecu rates published in the Official between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of Journal of the European Communities, C series, over the last two entry prices available for that exporting a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ country ; cient referred to in the preceding indent,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 956/92 of 15 April 1992 fixing for the 1992 marketing year the reference prices for cherries (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I at ECU 115,49 per 100 kilograms HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : net for the month of 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 45,96 per 100 kilograms markets for which prices are available less the duties and net is applied to cherries (CN code ex 0809 20) origina­ the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) ting in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. 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 Regulation (EEC) No 21 18/74 of the Commission (4), as last amended This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 1992.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23. O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 102, 16. 4. 1992, p. 27. (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8. 1974, p. 20. o OJ No L 209, 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

11 . 7 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 192/41

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission