31992R2259

No L 219/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2259/92

of 3 August 1992

introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Hungary

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 plums of group I originating in Hungary the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and therefore be introduced for these plums ; Portugal,

Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, the entry Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 price should be calculated on the following basis : of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular the tion to each other at any given moment within a band second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) last paragraph of Council Regulation Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (EEC) No 1 676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation provides that, if the entry price of a product imported (EEC) 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 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the average of the ecu rates published in the Official exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ Journal of the European Communities, C series, over stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of cient referred to in the preceding indent, the last two entry prices available for that exporting

country ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 916/89 of 4 June 1992 fixing for the 1992 marketing year the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for class I, group I at 69,39 ECU per 100 kilograms net for the period 11 June to 31 July 1992 ;

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Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at A countervailing charge of ECU 23,24 per 100 kilograms least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country net is applied to plums (CN codes 0809 40 1 1 and concerned which are marketed on all representative 0809 40 19), other than the following varieties : Altesse markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosnische origina­ 1035/72 : ting in Hungary.

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /85 H, the prices to be taken

(>) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 August 1992. (2) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23. 0 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 . 4 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . 0 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, 3 August 1992.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission