31992R2156

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 average of the ecu rates published in the Official from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the Journal of the European Communities, C series, over reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the cient referred to in the preceding indent ; exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ 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 ting in the United States of America. Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission 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 Article 2 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;

(■) 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.

30 . 7. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 214/35

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