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REGULATION (EEC)No958/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of26May1970
layingdownconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketinwine
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
Havingregard.totheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
816/701of28April1970layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinwine,andinparticularArticle14thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70marketprovisionfortheapplicationof
appropriatemeasuresif,byreasonofimportsor
exports,theCommunitymarketinoneormoreof
theproductslistedinArticle1(2)thereofexperiences
oristhreatenedwithseriousdisturbanceswhichmay
endangertheobjectivessetoutinArticle39ofthe
Treaty;whereasthesemeasuresrelatetotradewith
thirdcountries;whereastheywillnolongerapply
whenthedisturbanceorthreatofdisturbancehas
ceased;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltoadoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofArticle14(1)ofthat
Regulationanddefinethecasesinwhichandthe
limitswithinwhichMemberStatesmaytakeinterim
protectivemeasures;
Whereas,therefore,themainfactorstobeusedin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithdisturbanceshouldbe
determined;
Whereassincerecoursetoprotectivemeasures
dependsontheinfluenceoftradewiththirdcountries
ontheCommunitymarket,thesituationonthis
marketmustbeassessedbytakingaccountnotonly
ofthefactorspeculiartothemarketitselfbutalsoofthefactorsconnectedwiththedevelopmentofthat
trade;
Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakenin
applicationofArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70shouldbelaiddown;whereasthosemeasures
mustbesuchastoputanendtoseriousdisturbances
onthemarketandthethreatofsuchdisturbances ;
whereastheymustbesuitedtothecircumstances if
theyarenottohaveotherthanthedesiredeffects;
Whereastheorganisationofthemarketinwine
includesasystemofimportlicences;whereasinview
oftheexistenceofthatsystem,rulesshouldbelaid
downwherebyinterimprotectivemeasuresat
Communitylevelcanbedecideduponaftera
summaryexaminationofthesituation;
WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle14of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70shouldbelimitedtoa
caseinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabove-mentioned factors,is
regardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninthat
caseshouldbedesignedtostopthemarketsituation
fromdeterioratingfurther;whereas,however,they
mustbeofaninterimnature;whereasthisinterim
natureofnationalmeasuresjustifiestheirapplication
onlyuntiltheentryintoforceofa-Community
decisiononthesubject;
WhereastheCommission isrequiredtotakea
decisionontheCommunityprotectivemeasurestobe
appliedinresponsetoarequestfromaMemberState
withintwenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptofthe
request;whereasinorderthattheCommissionmay
assessthesituationonthemarketwiththegreatest
effectiveness ,provisionmustbemadetoensurethat
itisinformedasquicklyaspossibleofanyinterim
protectivemeasuresappliedbyaMemberState;
whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbemadeforthe
Commissiontobenotifiedofanysuchmeasuresas
soonastheyhavebeenadoptedandforsuch
notificationtobetreatedasarequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle14(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
816/70; 1OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1periodsinwhichthesuspensionmentionedinArticle
3orArticle4havebeeninforce.
Article3
Afterasummaryexaminationofthesituationbased
onthefactorssetoutinArticle1,theCommission
mayestablishbydecisionthattheconditionsfor
applyingArticle14(2)ofRegulation .(EEC)No
816/70arefulfilled.TheCommissionshallnotify
MemberStatesofitsdecisionandshallpublishiton
anoticeboardatitsheadquarters .
Theconsequenceofthatdecisionfortheproductsin
questionshallbethetemporarysuspensionofthe
issueoflicencesfromthetimefixedforthepurpose,
thattimebeingsubsequenttothenotification .
Suchdecisionshallapplyfor-notmorethan
forty-eighthours,withoutprejudicetotheprovisions
ofthesecondsentenceofArticle14(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No816/70.InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70is,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccount
shallbetaken,inadditiontothecriteriaprovidedin
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle14(1)ofthat
Regulation,of:
(a)thevolumeofexportsachievedorforeseen;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableonthe
Communitymarket;
(c)thepricesrecordedontheCommunitymarketor
theforeseeabletrendofthesepricesandin
particularanyexcessiveupwardtrendthereof
or,inthecaseofproductsforwhichno
interventionpricehasbeenfixed,anyexcessive
downwardtrendthereof;
(d)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichintervention
measuresmayneedtobetakenifthe
above-mentioned situationarisesasaresultof
imports.Article4
Article21.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,afteranassessmentbasedon
thefactorssetoutinArticle1,itconsidersthatthe
situationmentionedinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No816/70hasarisenonitsownterritory.
Interimprotectivemeasuresshallconsistof:
(a)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
importlicences;
(b)thesuspensionofexports;1.ThemeasureswhichmaybetakenunderArticle
14(2)and(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70should
thesituationmentionedinparagraph1ofthatArticle
ariseshallbe:
(a)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
importlicences,resultingintherefusaloffresh
applications ;
(b)thetotalorpartialrejectionofoutstanding
applicationsfortheissueoflicences;
(c)thesuspensionofexports;(c)therequirementthatexportchargesshouldbe
depositedorsecured.
Themeasurementionedin(c)shallnotresultin
chargesbeingleviedunlessitissodecidedunder
Article14(2)or(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70.
TheprovisionsofArticle2(2)ofthis'Regulation
shallapply.
2.TheCommissionshallbenotifiedoftheinterim
protectivemeasuresbytelexassoonastheyhave
beendecidedon.Suchnotificationshallbetreatedas
arequestwithinthemeaningofArticle14(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70.Thesemeasuresshall
applyonlyuntilthedecisiontakenbythe
Commissiononthismatterentersintoforce.(d)thelevyingofexportcharges.
2.Thesemeasuresmayonlybe-takentosuch
extentandforsuchlengthoftimeasisstrictly
necessary.Theymaynotextendtoproductsother
thanthoseimportedfromorintendedforthird
countries.Theymayberestrictedtoproducts
importedfromororiginatinginparticularcountries,
toexportstoparticularcountriesortoparticular
qualitiesortypesofpresentation .Theymaybe
restrictedtoimportsintendedforortoexportsfrom
certainregionsoftheCommunity .
3.Therejectionofapplicationsmentionedin
paragraph1shallapplytothosesubmittedduringtheArticle5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June
1970.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26May1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER