31993R0830

No L 87/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 830/93

of 6 April 1993

introducing a countervailing charge and suspending the preferential customs duty on imports of tomatoes originating in Turkey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, coefficient fixed in the second indent of Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 735/93 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, for Turkish tomatoes, the entry price calculated Economic Community, in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 these tomatoes ; of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Whereas, in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular the 3671 /81 of 15 December 1981 on imports into the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Community of certain agricultural products originating in Turkey (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 555/84 f), when the Commission introduces a counter­ Whereas Article 25(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 vailing charge on imports of tomatoes originating in provides that, if the entry price of a product imported Turkey, at the same time it reintroduces for the product from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the in question the conventional rate of customs duty ; reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ whereas, therefore, a rate of customs duty of 1 1 % should tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the be reintroduced for these tomatoes, with a minimum exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ charge of ECU 2 per 100 kilograms net ; stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article the last two entry prices available for that exporting 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8) are used to country ; convert amounts expressed in third country currencies and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 735/93 of 29 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ March 1993 fixing the reference price for tomatoes for the tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ 1993 marketing year (3) fixed the reference price for lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (9), products of class I for the month of April 1993 at ECU 197,27 per 100 kilograms net ;

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : equal to the lowest representative price or the arithmetic mean of the lowest prices recorded for at least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned Article 1 which are marketed on all representative markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 . A countervailing charge of ECU 58,21 per 100 kilo­ 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is grams net is applied on imports of tomatoes falling defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No within CN code 0702 00 originating in Turkey. 1035/72 ; 2. The rate of customs duty on imports of these products shall be 11 % with a minimum charge of ECU Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission 2 per 100 kilograms net. Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative Article 2 markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; whereas it is necessary to multiply the prices with the This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1993.

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7. (6) OJ No L 367, 23. 12. 1981 , p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 75, 30. 3. 1993, p. 16. 0 OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8. 1974, p. 20. (8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (Ó OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45. (9) 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, 6 April 1993.

For the Commission

Rene STEICHEN

Member of the Commission