31994R2775

No L 295/6 16. 11 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2775/94 of 15 November 1994 introducing a countervailing charge on fresh lemons originating in Uruguay

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 249/93 0, 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 Community, Whereas, for fresh lemons originating in Uruguay 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 therefore be introduced for these fresh lemons ; of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2753/94 (2), and in particular the Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article second subparagraph of Article 27 (2) thereof, 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 Q, 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 (8), as amended by Regulation tervailing charge must be introduced in respect of the (EC) No 547/94 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 (EC) No 1254/94 of 31 May 1994 fixing for the 1994/95 marketing year the reference prices for fresh lemons (3) fixed the reference price for products of class I for the month of November 1994 at ECU 47,15 per 100 kilograms net ; Article 1

Whereas the entry price for a given exporting country is A countervailing charge of ECU 9,86 per 100 kilograms equal to the lowest representative prices recorded for at net is applied to fresh lemons (CN code 0805 30 10) least 30 % of the quantities from the exporting country originating in Uruguay. concerned which are marketed on all representative 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 ; Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 November Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Commission 1994. Regulation (EEC) No 211 8/74 (4), as last amended by

o OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1993, p. 45. (') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 292, 12. 11 . 1994, p. 3. 0 OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. (3) OJ No L 137, 1 . 6. 1994, p. 47. (8) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. (4) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 20. O OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission