OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 579
NoL324/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.12.69
REGULATION (EEC)No2594/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December1969
layingdownconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketineggs
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketineggs,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No830/68,2andinparticular
Article12(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 3;
"WhereasArticle12(1)ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC
makesprovisionfortheapplicationofappropriate
measuresif,byreasonofimportsorexports,the
Communitymarketinoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1thereofexperiencesoristhreatened
withseriousdisturbanceswhichmayendangerthe
objectivessetoutinArticle39oftheTreaty;whereas
thesemeasuresrelatetotradewiththirdcountries;
whereastheywillnolongerapplywhenthe
disturbanceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltoadoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofArticle12(1)ofthat
Regulationanddefinethecasesinwhichandthe
limitswithinwhichMemberStatesmaytakeinterim
protectivemeasures;
Whereasthereforethemainfactorstobeusedin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithdisturbanceshouldbe
determined ;Whereas,sincerecoursetoprotectivemeasures
dependsontheeffectoftradewiththirdcountrieson
theCommunitymarket,thesituationonthismarket
mustbeassessedbytakingaccountnotonlyofthe
factorspeculiartothemarketitselfbutalsoofthe
factorsconnectedwiththedevelopmentofthattrade;
Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakenin
applicationofArticle12ofRegulationNo
122/67/EECshouldbelaiddown;whereasthose
measuresmustbesuchastoputanendtoserious
disturbances onthemarketandthethreatofsuch
disturbances ;whereastheymustbesuitedtothe
circumstances iftheyarenottohaveotherthanthe
desiredeffects;
WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle12of
RegulationNo122/67/EECshouldbelimitedtoa
caseinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabove-mentioned factors,is
regardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninthat
caseshouldbedesignedtopreventthemarket
situationfromdeteriorating further;whereas,
however,theymustbeofaninterimnature;whereas
thisinterimnatureofnationalmeasuresjustifiestheir
application onlyuntilentryintoforceofa
Communitydecisiononthesubject;
WhereastheCommission isrequiredtotakea
decisiononCommunityprotectivemeasurestobe
appliedinresponsetoarequestfromaMemberState
withintwenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptofthe
request;whereas,inorderthattheCommissionmay
assessthesituationonthemarketwiththegreatest
effectiveness,provisionshouldbemadetoensurethat
itisinformedasquicklyaspossibleofanyinterim
protectivemeasuresappliedbyaMemberState;
whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbemadeforthe
Commissiontobenotifiedofanysuchmeasuresas
soonastheyhavebeenadoptedandforsuch
notificationtobetreatedasarequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle12(2)ofRegulationNo
122/67/EEC;1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2293/67.
2OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.23.
3OJNoC97,28.7.1969,p.89.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1restrictedtoimportsintendedforparticularregions
oftheCommunityortoexportsfromsuchregions.
Article3
InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)of
RegulationNo122/67/EECis,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccount
shallbetakenof:
(a)thevolumeofimportsorexportseffectedor
foreseen;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableonthe
Communitymarket;
(c)thepricesrecordedontheCommunitymarketor
theforeseeabletrendofthesepricesandin
particularanyexcessiveupwardordownward
trendthereof;
(d)thefree-at-Community-frontier offerpricesifthe
above-mentioned situationarisesasaresultof
imports.1.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,afteranassessmentbasedon
thefactorsmentionedinArticle1,itconsidersthat
thesituationforeseeninArticle12(1)ofRegulation
No122/67/EEChasarisenonitsownterritory.
Interimprotectivemeasuresmaycomprise:
(a)thesuspensionofimportsorexports;
(b)therequirementthatexportchargesshouldbe
depositedorsecured.
Themeasurementionedin(b)shallnotresultinthe
paymentofchargesunlessitissodecidedin
accordancewithArticle12(2)or(3)ofRegulation
No122/67/EEC.
TheprovisionsofArticle2(2)ofthisRegulation
shallapply.
2.TheCommissionshallbenotifiedbytelexof
theinterimprotectivemeasuresassoonastheyhave
beendecidedon.Suchnotificationshallbetreatedas
arequestwithinthemeaningofArticle12(2)of
RegulationNo122/67/EEC.Thesemeasuresshall
applyonlyuntilthedecisiontakenbythe
Commission onthemattersentersintoforce.Article2
Article41.ThemeasureswhichmaybetakenunderArticle
12(2)and(3)ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC,should
thesituationmentionedinArticle12(1)arise,shall
bethesuspensionofimportsorexportsorthe
levyingofchargesonexports.
2.Thesemeasuresmayonlybetakentosuch
extentandforsuchlengthoftimeasisstrictly
necessary.Theyshalltakeaccountofthespecial
situationofproductsalreadyontheirwaytothe
Community .Theymaynotextendtoproductsother
thanthoseimportedfromorintendedforthird
countries.Theymayberestrictedtoproducts
importedfromororiginatinginparticularcountries,
toexportstoparticularcountriesortoparticular
kinds,qualitiesortypesofpresentation .TheymaybeThechargesprovidedforinArticle2(1)shallbe
consideredasleviesinrelationtothirdcountries
withinthemeaningofArticle11(4)ofCouncil
RegulationNo130/66/EEC1of26July1966onthe
financingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
Article5■
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1969.
FortheCouncil
1 ThePresident
P.LARDINOIS
1OJNo165,21.9.1966,p.2965/66.