OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 577
NoL324/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.12.69
REGULATION (EEC)No2593/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December1969
layingdownconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketinpigmeat
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
121/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinpigmeat,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2463/69,2andin
particularArticle18(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 3;
WhereasArticle18(1)ofRegulationNo121/67/EEC
makesprovisionfortheapplicationofappropriate
measuresif,byreasonofimportsorexports,the
Communitymarketinoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1thereofexperiencesoristhreatened
withseriousdisturbanceswhichmayendangerthe
objectivessetoutinArticle39oftheTreaty;whereas
thesemeasuresrelatetotradewiththirdcountries;
whereastheywillnolongerapplywhenthe
disturbanceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltoadoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofArticle18(1)ofthat
Regulationanddefinethecasesinwhichandthe
limitswithinwhichMemberStatesmaytakeinterim
protectivemeasures;
Whereas,therefore,themainfactorstobeusedin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithdisturbanceshouldbe
determined ;
Whereas,sincerecoursetoprotectivemeasures
dependsontheeffectoftradewiththirdcountrieson
theCommunitymarket,thesituationonthismarket
mustbeassessedbytakingaccountnotonlyofthefactorspeculiartothemarketitselfbutalsoofthe
factorsconnectedwiththedevelopmentofthattrade;
Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakenin
applicationofArticle18ofRegulationNo
121/67/EECshouldbelaiddown;whereasthose
measuresmustbesuchastoputanendtoserious
disturbances onthemarketandthethreatofsuch
disturbances ;whereastheymustbesuitedtothe
circumstances iftheyarenottohaveotherthanthe
desiredeffects;
Whereasboththecriteriaforassessingthesituation
onthemarketandthemeasuresrequiredtodealwith
thatsituationmustbedeterminedinthelightofthe
factthattheRegulationsadoptedontradeinpigmeat
donotyetincludeasystemofimportlicences;
WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle18of
RegulationNo121/67/EECshouldbelimitedtoa
caseinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabove-mentioned factors,is
regardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninthat
caseshouldbedesignedtopreventthemarket
situationfromdeteriorating further;whereas,
however,theymustbeofaninterimnature;whereas
thisinterimnatureofnationalmeasuresjustifiestheir
applicationonlyuntiltheentryintoforceofa
Communitydecisiononthesubject;
WhereastheCommission isrequiredtotakea
decisiononCommunityprotectivemeasurestobe
appliedinresponsetoarequestfromaMemberState
withintwenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptofthe
request;Whereas,inorderthattheCommissionmay
assessthesituationonthemarketwiththegreatest
effectiveness,provisionshouldbemadetoensurethat
itisinformedasquicklyaspossibleofanyinterim
protectivemeasuresappliedbyaMemberState;
whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbemadeforthe
Commissiontobenotifiedofanysuchmeasuresas
soonastheyhavebeenadoptedandforsuch
notificationtobetreatedasarequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle18(2)ofRegulationNo
121/67/EEC;1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2283/67.
2OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.
3OJNoC97,28.7.1969,p.89.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1qualitiesortypesofpresentation .Theymaybe
restrictedtoimportsintendedforparticularregions
oftheCommunityortoexportsfromsuchregions.
Article3InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)of
RegulationNo121/67/EECis,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccount
shallbetakenof:
(a)thevolumeofimportsorexportseffectedor
foreseen;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableonthe
Communitymarket;
(c)thepricesrecordedontheCommunitymarketor
theforeseeabletrendofthesepricesandin
particularanyexcessiveupwardordownward
trendthereof;
(d)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichintervention
measureshavebeentakenormayneedto-be
takeniftheabove-mentioned situationarisesasa
resultofimports.1.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,afteranassessmentbasedon
thefactorssetoutinArticle1,itconsidersthatthe
situationforeseeninArticle18(1)ofRegulationNo
121/67/EEChasarisenonitsownterritory.
Interimmeasuresmaycomprise :
(a)thesuspensionofimportsorexports;
(b)therequirementthatexportchargesshouldbe
depositedorsecured.
Themeasurementionedin(b)shallnotresultinthe
paymentofchargesunlessitissodecidedin
accordancewithArticle18(2)or(3)ofRegulation
No121/67/EEC.
TheprovisionsofArticle2(2)ofthisRegulation
shallapply.
2.TheCommissionshallbenotifiedbytelexof
theinterimprotectivemeasuresassoonastheyhave
beendecidedon.Suchnotificationshallbetreatedas
arequestwithinthemeaningofArticle18(2)of
RegulationNo121/67/EEC.Thesemeasuresshall
applyonlyuntilthedecisiontakenbythe
Commissiononthismatterentersintoforce.Article2
Article41.ThemeasureswhichmaybetakenunderArticle
18(2)and(3)ofRegulationNo121/67/EEC,should
thesituationmentionedinArticle18(1)arise,shall
bethesuspensionofimportsorexportsorthe
levyingofchargesonexports.
2.Thesemeasuresmayonlybetakentosuch
extentandforsuchlengthoftimeasisstrictly
necessary.Theyshalltakeaccountofthespecial
situationofproductsalreadyontheirwaytothe
Community .Theymaynotextendtoproductsother
thanthoseimportedfromorintendedforthird
countries.Theymayberestrictedtoproducts
importedfromororiginatinginparticularcountries,
toexportstoparticularcountriesortoparticularThechargesprovidedforinArticle2(1)shallbe
consideredasleviesinrelationtothirdcountries
withinthemeaningofArticle11(4)ofCouncil
RegulationNo130/66/EEC1of26July1966onthe
financingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.LARDINOIS
1OJNo165,21.9.1966,p.2965/66.