31993R1819

8 . 7. 93 No L 166/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1819/93 of 7 July 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on tomatoes originating in Finland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 21 1 8/74 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), the prices to be taken Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the into consideration must be recorded on the representative Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ; the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular the Whereas, for tomatoes originating in Finland the entry second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive market Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be provides that, if the entry price of a product imported introduced for these tomatoes ; from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6) are used to exporting country concerned, save in exceptional circum­ convert amounts expressed in third country currencies stances ; whereas this charge is equal to the difference and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; between the reference price and the arithmetic mean of the last two entry prices available for that exporting whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ country ; tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1 068/93 0, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 735/93 of 29 March 1993 fixing for the 1992 marketing year the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : reference prices for tomatoes (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I at ECU 99,96 per 100 kilograms Article 1 net for the month of July 1993 ;

A countervailing charge of ECU 31,85 per 100 kilograms Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is net is applied to tomatoes (CN code 0702 00) originating equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at in Finland. least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country concerned which are marketed on all representative markets for which prices are available less the duties and Article 2 the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 1993 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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