-21.4.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL102/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1040/88
of20April1988
fixingquantitiesofimportsofdessertapplesoriginatinginthirdcountriesand
amendingRegulation (EEC)No962/88suspendingtheissueofimportlicences
fordessertapplesoriginatinginChile
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,betakeninrespectofimportsfromsuchcountriesby
providingforthesuspensionoftheissueoflicencesonce
applicationsforlicencesfordessertapplesoriginatingin
variouscountriesexceedanoverallquantitywhichtakes
accountofareasonableincreaseinimportsoverthe
averagequantityimportedinthelastthreeyears;
Whereasthatquantitymustbedividedfairlybetweenthe
variouscountriesconcerned ;
Whereasquantitiesinimportlicencesappliedforin
respectofChileexceedthereferencequantity;whereas
theissueofimportlicencesfordessertapplesfromthat
countryshouldaccordinglycontinuetobesuspended
untiltheendofthe1988importingyear,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No824/88_(2),andinparticularArticle
29(2)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2707/72(3)lays
downtheconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresfor
fruitandvegetables; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No346/88(4)as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No871/88(*),introduces
specialsurveillanceofimportsofdessertapplesfrom
thirdcountries :Article1
Theissueofimportlicencesfordessertapplescoveredby
CNcodes08081091,08081093and08081099is
herebysuspendeduntiltheendofAugust1988wherethe
quantitiesinrespectofwhichimportlicencesareapplied
forexceedthefollowing,lessthequantitiesforimport
licencesnotusedorpartlyused:WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No962/88(6),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No984/88Q,suspendsthe
issueofimportlicencesfordessertapplesoriginatingin
Chilefrom18to29April1988;
SouthAfrica:
NewZealand :
Australia :
Argentina :
Chile:
Othercountries166000tonnes,
115000tonnes,
11000tonnes,
70000tonnes,
142131tonnes,
17600tonnes.Whereas,sincetheexistenceofsubstantialstocksand
withdrawalsandofpricesconsiderablylowerthanthose
inthepreviousmarketingyearonthemarketsofthe
mainproducercountriesisafeatureofthemarketfor
dessertapplesintheCommunity ,quantitiesimported
fromthirdcountriesandinparticularfromsouthern
hemispherecountriessubstantially exceedingthe
traditionalquantityofimportsintotheCommunity
threatentocauseseriousdisturbanceofthemarketsuch
astojeopardizetheobjectivesofArticle39oftheEEC
Treatyandinparticulartocauseseriousinjuryto
Communityproducers;whereas,onaccountofthose
criticalcircumstances ,protectivemeasuresmusturgentlyArticle2
InArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No962/88,'29April
1988'isherebyreplacedby'31August1988'.
Article3 (')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL85,30.3.1988,p.5.0OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.3.
(4)OJN6L34,6.2.1988,p.21.0OJNoL87,31.3.1988,p.73.
(6)OJNoL95,13.4.1988,p.10.0OJNoL98,15.4.1988,p.37.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .

NoL102/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities21.4.88
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President