31993R1831

9 . 7. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 167/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1831/93 of 8 July 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on pears originating in Australia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), 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 pears originating in Australia the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6 below the reference price for two consecutive market Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the introduced for these pears ; market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6) are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural provides that, if the entry price of a product imported conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0, 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 the last two entry prices available for that exporting country ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /93 of 28 June 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the reference prices for pears (3) fixed the reference price for products of Quality class I at ECU 47,03 per 100 kilo­ grams net for the month of July 1993 ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is A countervailing charge of ECU 4,50 per 100 kilograms equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at net is applied to pears (CN codes ex 0808 20 31 , ex least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country 0808 20 33, ex 0808 20 35, and ex 0808 20 39) originating concerned which are marketed on all representative in Australia. 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 1035/72 ;

Article2¶

Whereas, in accordance with Article 3(1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 211 8 /74 (4), as last amended by This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 1993.

(') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 69, 20 . 3. 1993, p. 7. (0 OJ No L 28 , 5. 2. 1993, p. 45. (•') OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1993 , p. 10 . (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . O OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p . 106.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 July 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission