31993R1832

9 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 167/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1832/93 of 8 July 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on pears originating in South Africa

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 South Africa, the entry price calculated 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 introduced for these pears ; of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the 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 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural Whereas Article 25 (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 third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0, tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the 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 641 /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 class I for the month of July 1993 at ECU 47,03 per 1 00 kilograms net ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at A countervailing charge of ECU 4,81 per 100 kilograms least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country net is applied to pears (CN codes ex 0808 20 31 , ex concerned which are marketed on all representative 0808 20 33, ex 0808 20 35 and ex 0808 20 39) originating in South Africa. markets for which prices are available less the duties and the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 :

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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. 0 OJ No L 157, 29 . 6. 1993, p. 10 . (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 108, 5. 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