31993R0088

20 . 1 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 12/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 88/93 of 19 January 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Cyprus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 381 1 /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 Cyprus the entry prices calculated in this way have for six consecutive Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and market days been alternatively above and below the Portugal, reference price ; whereas three of these entry prices are at least ECU 0,6 below the reference prices ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 these fresh lemons ; of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 754/92 (2), and in particular the Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92(0 are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural Whereas Article 25a (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; provides that, if the entry price of a product imported whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ from a non-member country is alternatively above and tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ below the reference price for five to seven consecutive lation (EEC) No 3819/92Q, market days a countervailing charge is introduced in respect of that non-member country, save in exceptional cases ; whereas that charge is introduced when three entry prices fall below the reference price and one of those entry prices is at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ; whereas that charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the last available entry price by at HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : least ECU 0,6 below the reference price ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1413/92 of 27 May 1992 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the Article 1 reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for the period of November 1992 until April 1993 at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilograms net : A countervailing charge of ECU 7,53 per 100 kilograms net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code ex 0805 30 10) originating in Cyprus. Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is 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 Article 2 markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 1035/72 ; 1993 .

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission Subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this Regu­ lation shall be applicable until 26 January 1993.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23. O OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 146, 28 . 5. 1992, p. 71 . 0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. 0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission