31993R2221

6 . 8 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 197/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2221 /93 of 5 August 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Hungary

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 plums of group II originating in Hungary the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecu­ tive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 therefore be introduced for these plums ; 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 38 1 3/92 (6) are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­ Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­ provides that, if the entry price of a product imported from a third country remains at least 0,6 ECU below the mination of these conversions were set by Commission reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, 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 1429/93 of 10 June 1993 fixing for the 1993 marketing year the reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for class I, group II at ECU 55,37 per 100 kilograms net for Article 1 the month of August 1993 ;

A countervailing charge of ECU 6,43 per 100 kilograms Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is net is applied to plums (CN code 0809 40 11 ), of the equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at following varieties : Altesse simple (common quetsche, least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), concerned which are marketed on all representative Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangenheimer markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore (Yellow Egg), the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) Mirabelle and Bosnische originating in Hungary. No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ;

Article 2 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 7 August 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. (3) OJ No L 140, 11 . 6. 1993, p. 23 . (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, 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, 5 August 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission