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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2685/77
of6December 1977
suspendingimportsoffrozensquid
tivemeasuresapplicabletoimportsoffrozensquid(4)
makestheimportationofsuchsquidconditionalon
theobservanceofaminimumprice;
Whereasitistobefearedthatimports,attheentry
pricesobtainingatpresent,ofsquidsubjecttothe
systemofreferencepriceswillresult,giventheinter­
changeabilityofthevariousspecies,inthesamedistur­
bancesoftheItalianmarketasthosewhichledtothe
adoptionoftheprotectivemeasures;
Whereasimportsoftheproductsinquestionshould,
therefore,besuspendedwhentheyareeffectedata
levellowerthanthereferenceprice,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.AllimportsintotheCommunityoffrozensquid
asspecifiedintheAnnexheretooriginatinginand
comingfromnon-membercountries,withtheexcep­
tionofGreece,areherebysuspended .
2.Paragraph 1shallnotapplytoimportsof
productswhichcomplywiththereferencepriceset
outinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
Theitemstobetakenintoaccountindetermining
whetheranimportcomplieswiththereferenceprice
asreferredtoinArticle1(2)shallbeasfollows:
(a)thefree-at-Community frontierprice,before
customsclearance;
(b)unloadingcosts.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8December
1977.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
100/76of19January1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfisheryproducts(!),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2429/76(2),andinparticular
thethirdsubparagraphofArticle1*9(6)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No100/76
providesamongotherthingsthat,wheretheentry
priceforagivenproductimportedfromanon­
membercountryislowerthanthereferenceprice,in
thecaseoftheproductslistedinAnnexIIimports
maybesuspendedorrestrictedtospecifiedqualities,
formsofpresentationorenduses;
Whereas,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3125/76of16December1976fixing,forthe1977
fishingyear,referencepricesforfisheryproducts(3),
thereferencepriceforfrozensquidwasfixedat1227
unitsofaccountpertonne;
WhereasArticle19(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No100/76
provides,that,forproductsinrespectofwhicharefer­
encepriceisfixed,anentrypriceistobeestablished
onthebasisofthelowestpricesrecordedforoneand
thesamemarketingstageonrepresentative import
marketsorinrepresentative portsofimport,reduced
byanamountequaltoanycustomsdutiesand
chargesleviedonthoseproductsandbythecostof
transportingtheproductsformthosemarketsorports
toCommunityfrontiercrossingpoints;
WhereasthesituationontheItalianmarketforfrozen
squidhasledtotheadoptionofprotectivemeasures
inrespectofimportsfromnon-member countries,
withtheexceptionofGreece,ofspeciesforwhichno
referencepriceisprovidedforbyCommunityrules;
whereas,tothatend,CommissionRegulation (EEC)
No2619/77of28November1977adoptingprotec­
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(!)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL276,7.10.1976,p.5.
(3)OJNoL353,23.12.1976,p.11. («)OJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.37.

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ANNEX
CCTheadingNo DescriptionReferenceprice
(u.a./tonne)
03.03BIVa)1Squid:
aa)Ommastrephes sagittatusandLoligospp|1227exbb)TodarodessagittatusandIllexcoindetti