OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 571
27.12.69 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL324/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2591/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December1969
layingdownconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketincereals
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2463/69,2andinparticular
Article20(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament3;
"WhereasArticle20(1)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
makesprovisionfortheapplicationofappropriate
measuresif,byreasonofimportsorexports,the
Communitymarketinoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1thereofexperiencesoristhreatened
withseriousdisturbanceswhichmayendangerthe
objectivessetoutinArticle39oftheTreaty;whereas
thesemeasuresrelatetotradewiththirdcountries;
whereastheywillnolongerapplywhenthe
disturbanceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltoadoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofArticle20(1)ofthat
Regulationanddefinethecasesinwhichandthe
limitswithinwhichMemberStatesmaytakeinterim
protectivemeasures;
Whereas,therefore,themainfactorstobeusedin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithdisturbanceshouldbe
determined;Whereas,sincerecoursetoprotectivemeasures
dependsontheeffectoftradewiththirdcountrieson
theCommunitymarket,thesituationonthismarket
mustbeassessedbytakingaccountnotonlyofthe
factorspeculiartothemarketits,elfbutalsoofthe
factorsconnectedwiththedevelopmentofthattrade;
Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakenin
applicationofArticle20ofRegulationNo
120/67/EECshouldbelaiddown;whereasthose
measuresmustbesuchastoputanendtoserious
disturbances onthemarketandthethreatofsuch
disturbances ;whereastheymustbesuitedtothe
circumstances iftheyarenottohaveotherthanthe
desiredeffects;
Whereastheorganisationofthemarketincereals
includesasystemoflicencesandasystemoffixing
leviesandrefundsinadvance;whereasinviewofthe
existenceofthesesystemsrulesshouldbelaiddown
wherebyinterimprotectivemeasuresatCommunity
levelcanbedecideduponafterasummary
examinationofthesituation;
WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle20of
RegulationNo120/67/EECshouldbelimitedtoa
caseinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabove-mentioned factors,is
regardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninthat
caseshouldbedesignedtopreventthemarket
situationfromdeteriorating further;whereas,
however,theymustbeofaninterimnature;whereas
thisinterimnatureofnationalmeasuresjustifiestheir
applicationonlyuntiltheentryintoforceofa
Communitydecisiononthesubject;
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.WhereastheCommission isrequiredtotakea
decisiononCommunityprotectivemeasurestobe
appliedinresponsetoarequestfromaMemberState
withintwenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptofthe
request;whereas,inorderthattheCommissionmay2OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.
3OJNoC97,28.7.1969,p.89.

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assessthesituationonthemarketwiththegreatest
effectiveness ,provisionshouldbemadetoensurethat
itisinformedasquicklyaspossibleofanyinterim
protectivemeasuresappliedbyaMemberState;
whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbemadeforthe
Commissiontobenotifiedofanysuchmeasuresas
soonastheyhavebeenadoptedandforsuch
notification .tobetreatedasarequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle20(2)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EEC;(c)thetotalorpartialrejectionofoutstanding
applicationsfortheadvancefixingofleviesor
refundsandfortheissueoflicences.
2.Thesemeasuresmayonlybetakentosuch
extentandforsuchlengthoftimeasisstrictly
necessary.Theymaynotextendtoproductsother
thanthoseimportedfromorintendedforthird
countries.Theymayberestrictedtoproducts
importedfromororiginatinginparticularcountries,
toexportstoparticularcountriesortoparticular
qualitiesortypesofpresentation .Theymaybe
restrictedtoimportsintendedforparticularregions
oftheCommunityortoexportsfromsuchregions.
3.Therejectionofapplicationsmentionedin
paragraph1shallapplytothosesubmittedduringthe
periodsinwhichthesuspensionsmentionedin
Article3orArticle4havebeeninforce.
However,ifasaresultofunexpectedcircumstances
thereisorislikelytobeavariationinpricessuch
thatitisclearthatthelevyorrefundnolongerfulfils
itspurpose,therejectionmayrelatetoapplications
submittedfromthetimewhensuchcircumstances
becomeapparent.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article3InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo120/67/EECis,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccount
shallbetakenof:
(a)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichimportor
exportlicenceshavebeenissuedorappliedfor;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableonthe
Communitymarket;
(c)thepricesrecordedontheCommunitymarketor
theforeseeabletrendofthesepricesandin
particularanyexcessiveupwardtrendthereof,or
inthecaseofproductsforwhichnointervention
pricehasbeenfixed,anyexcessivedownward
trendthereof;
(d)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichintervention
measureshavebeentakenormayneedtobe
takeniftheabove-mentioned situationarisesasa
resultofimDorts.Afterasummaryexaminationofthesituationbased
onthefactorssetoutinArticle1,theCommission
mayestablishbyDecisionthattheconditionsfor
applyingArticle20(2)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
arefulfilled.TheCommissionshallnotifyMember
StatesofitsDecisionandshallpublishitona
notice-boardatitsheadquarters .
TheconsequenceofthatDecisionfortheproductsin
questionshallbethetemporarysuspensionofthe
advancefixingofleviesorrefundsandoftheissueof
licencesfromthetimefixedforthepurpose,that
timebeingsubsequenttothenotificatioh .
TheDecisionshallapplyfornotmorethan
forty-eighthours,withoutprejudicetotheprovisions
ofthesecondsentenceofArticle20(2)ofRegulation
No120/67/EEC.Article2
Article41.ThemeasureswhichmaybetakenunderArticle
20(2)and(3)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,should
thesituationmentionedinArticle20(1)arise,shall
be:
(a)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheadvance
fixingofleviesorrefunds,includingtherefusal
offreshapplications ;
(b)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
importorexportlicences,includingtherefusalof
freshapplications ;1.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,afteranassessmentbasedon
thefactorssetoutinArticle1,itconsidersthatthe
situationforeseeninAfticle20(1)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EEChasariseninitsownterritory.

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beendecidedon.Suchnotificationshallbetreatedas
arequestwithinthemeaningofArticle20(2)of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC.Thesemeasuresshall
applyonlyuntiltheDecisiontakenbythe
Commissiononthismatterentersintoforce.Interimprotectivemeasuresmaycomprise:
(a)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheadvance
fixingofleviesorrefunds;
(b)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
importorexportlicences.
TheprovisionsofArticle2(2)shallapply.
2.TheCommissionshallbenotifiedbytelexof
theinterimprotectivemeasuresassoonastheyhaveArticle5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.LARDINOIS