31993R2342

No L 213 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 8 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2342/93 of 23 August 1993 introducing a countervailing charge on table grapes originating in Cyprus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 21 1 8/74 of the Commission (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), the prices to be taken into consideration must be recorded on the representative Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets : Economic Community,

Whereas, for table grapes originating in Cyprus the entry price calculated in this way has remained at least ECU 0,6 Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the below the reference price for two consecutive market Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by introduced for these table grapes ; 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(0 are used to convert amounts expressed in third country Whereas Article 25 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 currencies and are used as the basis for determining the provides that, if the entry price of a product imported agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­ from a third country remains at least ECU 0,6 below the cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­ reference price for two consecutive market days, a coun­ mination of these conversions were set by Commission tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the Regulation (EEC) No 1 068/92 f), 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 1428/93 of 10 June 1993 fixing for the 1993 marketing year the reference prices for table grapes (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I at ECU 51,92 per 100 kilo­ Article 1 grams net for the month of August 1993 ;

A countervailing charge of ECU 1,97 per 100 kilograms net is applied to table grapes (CN codes 0806 10 15 and Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is 0806 10 19) originating in Cyprus. equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at 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 is defined in Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 1993. No 1035/72 ;

4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45. 0 OJ No L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7. (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 140, 11 . 6. 1993, p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.

24. 8 . 93 No L 213/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 23 August 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission