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2. 8 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 199/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1985/94 of 1 August 1994 introducing a countervailing charge on certain varieties of plum originating in Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, into consideration must be recorded on the representative markets or, in certain circumstances, on other markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, for plums of group I originating in Hungary the Community, entry price calculated in this way has remained at least 0,6 ECU below the reference price for two consecutive market days ; whereas a countervailing charge should therefore be introduced for these plums ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular the Whereas the representative market rates defined in second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 f), 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 0,6 ECU 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 (8), as amended by Regulation tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the (EC) No 547/94 (9), 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 (EC) No 1324/94 of 8 June 1994 fixing for the 1994 marketing year the reference prices for plums (3) fixed the reference price for class I, group I at ECU 69,39 per 100 kilograms net for Article 1 the month of August 1994 ;
A countervailing charge of ECU 17,93 per 100 kilograms Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is net is applied to plums (CN codes 0809 40 1 1 and equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at 0809 40 19), other than the following varieties : Altesse least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), Reine-Claude concerned which are marketed on all representative d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, markets for which prices are available, less the duties, and Ontario, Wangenheimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), the charges indicated in Article 24 (3) of Regulation (EEC) Pershore (Yellow Egg), Mirabelle and Bosnische origina No 1035/72 ; whereas the meaning of representative price ting in Hungary. 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 Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 (*), the prices to be taken This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 August 1994.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 338 , 31 . 12. 1993, p. 26. (6) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 144, 9. 6. 1994, p. 7. O OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. (4) OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 20. (8) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. 0 OJ No L 28 , 5. 2. 1993, p. 45. 9 OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
No L 199/38 2. 8 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 August 1994.
For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission