26.7.75 NoL195/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No1918/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of25July1975
fixingforpurposesofapplicationofthesystemofimportlicencesforpreserved
mushroomsthepercentageapplicabletothereferencequantity
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
865/68(')of28June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinproductsprocessedfromfruit
andvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1420/75(2);whetherthepreservesareofcultivatedorofwild
mushrooms ;
Whereasapplicationoftheprotectivemeasuresunder
theconditionsdefinedintheRegulationsreferredto
hasnotledtoanimprovement inthesituationinthe
Communitymarketforpreservedcultivatedmush­
rooms,thismarketbeingcharacterized bythecontin­
uedexistenceoflargestocksofCommunityproducts;
Whereasimportofthequantitiesforwhichlicences
havebeenappliedforintheMemberStateswould
riskaggravatingthissituation;
Whereas,therefore,topermitofanimprovement in
theCommunitymarketitappearsnecessarytoadjust
thepercentageapplicabletothereferencequantityfor
importsofpreservedcultivatedmushroomsfromthird
countries;whereas,ontheotherhand,thepercentage
applicabletopreservedwildmushroomscanbemain­
tainedatitspresentlevelHavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1427/71(3)of2July1971introducingprotective
measuresforproductsprocessedfromfruitandvegeta­
bles,andinparticularArticle1(2)thereof;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2107/74(4)of8August1974,asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2587/74(5),laiddownprotective
measuresapplicabletoimportsofpreservedmush­
roomsfromthirdcountries;whereasforthispurpose
theRegulationsetupmachineryforrestricting
importsbymeansofasystemofimportlicences;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle2(2)oftheabovemen­
tionedRegulationtheCommission isresponsiblefor
assessingthesituationandfordecidingonthequanti­
tiesofproductsforwhichimportlicencesaretobe
issued,fixingapercentagetobeappliedtoeachappli­
cant'sreferencequantity;whereassuchassessment
anddecisionmustbebasedprimarilyonnotifications
byMemberStatesgivingthequantitiesinrespectof
whichlicenceshavebeenappliedfor;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2266/74(6)of30August1974fixedthepercentage
applicabletothereferencequantityforimportsfrom
thirdcountrieswhichdonotfulfiltheconditionsof
Article1(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No2107/74at50%
and100%respectivelyofthereferencequantityas
definedinArticle3oftheRegulation ,accordingtoArticle1
Witheffectfrom28July1975applicationsforimport
licencesmadeinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article1ofRegulation (EEC)No2107/74shallbe
grantedinrespectofanamountequaltowhicheveris
thelowerof(i)theamountspecifiedintheapplica­
tionand(ii)inthecaseofpreservedwildmushrooms
thereferencequantityasdefinedinArticle3ofthat
Regulation ,orinthecaseofpreservedcultivated
mushrooms25%ofthatreferencequantity.
Article2
Regulation (EEC)No2266/74isherebyrepealed.
(')OJNoL15.5,1.7.1968,p.8.
(J)OINoL141,3.6.1975,p.1.
(-')OJNoL151,7.7.1971,p.5.
(4)OJNoI.218,9.8.1974,p.54.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28July
1975.(5)OJNoL276,11.10.1974,p.30.
(o)OJNoL239,31.8.1974,p.52.

26.7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL195/21
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission