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REGULATION (EEC)No1555/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of17June1974
supplementing Regulation (EEC)No2142/70asregardstheimportarrange­
mentsforcarpandtrout
Article2
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70shallbesupplemented
bythefollowingArticle:
Article18a
1.Inordertoobviatedisturbancescausedby
offersfromthirdcountriesatabnormallylow
prices,referencepricesforcarpreferredtoin
AnnexIV(A)maybefixedbeforethebeginning
ofeachmarketingyear.Thesepricesmaybefixed
atdifferentlevelsduringperiodstobespecified
withineachmarketingyear,accordingtoseasonal
fluctuationsinprices.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*);
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(2);
Whereas,pendingthesettingupoftheCommunity
importsystemforcarpandtrout,Article17(3)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2142/70(3)of20
October1970onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3159/73(4),authorizedtheMember
Statestomaintaintemporarilythequantitativerestric­
tionsthattheyapplytotheimportofthesaid
products;
Whereasitisnowpossibletodiscontinueallquantita­
tiverestrictionsaffectingthetwoproductsinquestion
attheexternalfrontieroftheCommunity ,subjectto
thefixing,forcarp,ofareferencepriceinorderto
avoiddisturbances ontheCommunity market
resultingfromimportsatexceptionally lowprices;
Whereasthesystemofreferencepricesshouldnotbe
allowedtohaveamorerestrictiveeffectontradethan
themeasurespreviouslyapplied,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle17(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70the
words'productslistedinAnnexIV(A)and(C)'shall
bereplacedbythewords'productslistedinAnnexIV
(C)\2.Thereferencepricesreferredtoinparagraph
1shallbefixedonthebasisoftheaverageofthe
productionpricesrecordedduringthethreeyears
precedingthedateonwhichthereferencepriceis
fixedforaproductwhichisdefinedbyitscommer­
cialcharacteristics intherepresentativeproduction
zoneswithintheCommunity .
3.Ifthefree-at-frontier pricevalidforaconsign­
mentofanormalcommercialquantityofcarp
comingfromaspecifiedplaceislowerthanthe
referenceprice,theimportsofthoseproducts
fromthethirdcountryinquestionmaybesubject
toacompensatory taxequaltothedifference
betweenthereferencepriceandthefree-at­
frontierpriceplusthecustomsdutyeffectively
levied.TheCommissionshallfollowregularlythe
developments intherespectivefree-at-frontier
pricesofproductsimportedfromeachsource.
4.Thecompensatory taxreferredtoinpara­
graph3shallnot,however,becollectedinthe
caseofthirdcountrieswhicharepreparedto
guarantee,andareinapositiontoguarantee,that
whencarpwhichoriginateinandcomefromtheir(1)OJNoC48,25.4.1974,p.21.
(2)Doc.ESC560/74.
(>)OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
(4)OJNoL322,23.11.1973,p.4.

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territoryareimportedintotheCommunity ,the
priceplusthecustomsdutyeffectivelyleviedshall
notbelessthanthereferencepriceandthatdeflec­
tionsoftradewillbeavoided.
5.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthis
Article,inparticularasregardsthelevelofthe
referencepricesshallbelaiddownaccordingto
theprocedureprovidedforinArticle29.Deci­
sionsastotheintroduction ,amendment anddiscontinuance ofthecompensatory taxandthe
eligibilityofthirdcountriesforthebenefitsof
paragraph4shallbetakeninaccordancewiththe
sameprocedure.'
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
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DoneatLuxembourg ,17June1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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