COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2160/93 of 28 July 1993 fixing the minimum price applicable to dried grapes during the 1993/94 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum import price for dried grapes shall be determined having regard to:

- the free-at-frontier price on import into the Community,

- the prices obtaining in international trade,

- the situation on the internal Community market,

- the trend of trade with third countries;

Whereas Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2089/85 of 23 July 1985 laying down general rules relating to the system of minimum import prices for dried grapes (3) provides that countervailing charges shall be fixed by reference to a scale of import prices; whereas the maximum countervailing charge shall be determined on the basis of the most favourable prices applied on the world market for significant quantities by the most representative non-member countries;

Whereas a minimum import price must be fixed for currants and other dried grapes;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (5), establishes a list of prices and amounts for the fruit and vegetables sector which are to be divided by a coefficient of 1,013088 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (6), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (7), as from the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 lays down that the resulting reduction in the prices and amounts for each sector concerned shall be specified and the level of such repuced prices fixed;

Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the 1993/94 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex I.

2. The countervailing charge to be imposed where the minimum import price referred to in paragraph 1 is not observed shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 166, 20. 6. 1992, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1985, p. 10.

(4) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29.

(5) OJ No L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 18.

(6) OJ No L 57, 10. 3. 1993, p. 18.

(7) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 114.

ANNEX I

Minimum import prices

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ANNEX II

Countervailing charges 1. Currants falling within CN code 0806 20 11

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falling within CN code 0806 20 91

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grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 12 and 0806 20 18

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Dried grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 92 and 0806 20 98

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