29.7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL198/11
REGULATION (EEC)No1928/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of22July1975
layingdowndetailedrulesforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketin
productsprocessedfromfruitandvegetables
WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle7of
Regulation (EEC)No1927/75shouldbelimitedto
casesinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabovementioned factors,isto
beregardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureslikelytobetakeninsuchacase
shouldbedesignedtopreventthemarketsituation
fromdeterioratingfurtherandmustbeofaninterim
nature;whereas,consequently ,suchnational
measuresmayapplyonlyuntiltheentryintoforceof
aCommunitydecisiononthematter;
WhereastheCommission musttakeadecisionon
Communityprotectivemeasurestobeappliedin
responsetoarequestfromaMemberStatewithin24
hoursfollowingreceiptoftherequest;whereas,in
orderthattheCommissionmayassessthesituation
onthemarketwiththegreatesteffectiveness ,provi­
sionshouldbemadetoensurethatitisinformedas
quicklyaspossibleofanyinterimprotectivemeasures
appliedbyaMemberState;whereas,therefore,provi­
sionshouldbemadefortheCommission tobenoti­
fiedofanysuchmeasuresassoonastheyhavebeen
adoptedandforsuchnotificationtobetreatedasa
requestwithinthemeaningofArticle7(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1927/75,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1927/75(J)of22July1975concerningthesystemof
tradewiththirdcountriesinthemarketinproducts
processedfromfruitandvegetables,andinparticular
Article7(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No1927/75
makesprovisionfortheapplicationofappropriate
measuresif,byreasonofimportsorexports,the
Communitymarketinoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
865/68(2)of28June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinproductsprocessedfromfruit
andvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1420/75(3),experiencesoristhreatenedwith
seriousdisturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjec­
tivessetoutinArticle39oftheTreaty;whereasthese
measuresrelatetotradewiththirdcountriesand
whereastheyaretoceasetoapplyoncethedistur­
banceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased;
Whereasthemainfactorstobetakenintoaccountin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithseriousdisturbance
shouldbespecified;
Whereasrecoursetoprotectivemeasuresdependson
theeffectoftradewiththirdcountriesontheCommu­
nitymarket;whereasthesituationonthismarket
mustthereforebeassessedbytakingaccountnotonly
ofthefactorspeculiartothemarketitselfbutalsoof
thoserelatingtothetrendofthattrade;
Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninapplica­
tionofArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No1927/75
shouldbespecified;whereasthosemeasuresmustbe
suchastoputanendtoseriousdisturbancesonthe
marketandthethreatofsuchdisturbances ;whereas,
theymustaccordinglybesuitedtothecircumstances
iftheyarenottohaveotherthanthedesiredeffects;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation (EEC)No865/68is,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmightendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccountshall
betakenof:
(a)thevolumeofimportsorexportseffectedorfore­
seen;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableontheCommu­
nitymarket;
(c)thepricesforCommunityproductsonthe
Communitymarketortheforeseeabletrendof
thesepricesandinparticularanyexcessiveupward
ordownwardtrendthereofinrelationtopricesin
theyearsimmediatelypreceding;(')Seepage7ofthisOfficialJournal.
(2)OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
(3)OJNoL141,3.6.1975,p.1.

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(d)wheretheabovementioned situationarisesasa
resultofimports,thepricesobtainingonthe
Communitymarket,atacomparablestage,for
productsfromthirdcountries,andinparticular
anyexcessivedownwardtrendintheseprices.
Article2
1.ShouldthesituationreferredtoinArticle7(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1927/75arise,themeasures
whichmaybetakenunderparagraphs2and3ofthat
Articleshallbe:
(a)forproductssubjecttothesystemofimportcertifi­
cates:
—thetotalorpartialdiscontinuation oftheissue
ofcertificates,asaresultofwhichnewapplica­
tionswillnotbeaccepted;.
—therejectionofallorsomeoftheapplications
fortheissueofcertificateswhicharebeing
examined ;
(b)forproductsnotsubjecttothesystemofimport
certificates :totalandpartialsuspensionof
imports;
(c)forallproducts:
—theintroductionofarrangementsunderwhich,
ifthepriceforanimportedproductfallsbelow
acertainminimum,aconditionmaybe
imposedwherebythatproductmaybe
importedonlyatapricewhichisatleastequal
tosuchminimum ;
—thetotalorpartialsuspensionofexports.
2.Themeasuresreferredtoinparagraph 1maybe
takenonlytosuchextentandforsuchlengthoftime
asisstrictlynecessary.Theyshalltakeaccountofthe
specialsituationofproductswhicharealreadyon
theirwaytotheCommunity .Theymaynotextendto
productsotherthanthoseimportedfromorintended
forthirdcountries.Theymayberestrictedtoproducts
importedfromororiginatinginparticularcountries,
toexportstoparticularcountriesortoparticularquali­
tiesortypesofpresentation .TheymayberestrictedtoimportsintendedforparticularregionsoftheCommu­
nityortoexportsfromsuchregions.
3.Therejectionreferredtoinparagraph 1(a)
secondindent,shallapplytoapplicationsmade
duringtheperiodinwhichthesuspensionreferredto
inArticle4isapplied.
Article3
TheapplicationofthisRegulationshallrespectthe
Community'sobligationsunderinternationalagree­
ments.
Article4
1.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,subsequenttoanassessment
basedonthefactorssetoutinArticle1,itconsiders
thatthesituationreferredtoinArticle7(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1927/75hasarisenonitsterritory.
Article2(2)shallapply.Theinterimprotective
measuresshallbeasfollows:
(a)forproductssubjecttothesystemofimportcertifi­
catesthetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
certificates ;
(b)forproductsnotsubjecttothecertificatesystem,
thetotalorpartialsuspensionofimports;
(c)forallproducts,thetotalorpartialsuspensionof
exports.
2.TheCommissionshallbenotifiedbytelexof
theinterimprotectivemeasuresreferredtoinpara­
graph1assoonastheyhavebeendecidedon.Such
notificationshallconstitutearequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle7(2)oftheRegulation(EEC)No
1927/75.Themeasuresshallapplyonlyuntilsuch
timeasadecisionbytheCommissiononthematter
entersintoforce.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA