27.2.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL51/15
REGULATION (EEC)No460/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of26February1975
layingdownprotectivemeasuresinrespectoftheimportofcertainfishery
products
isreasontobelievethatthispricewillfallevenlower <
inthenearfuture;whereasFrancehasapproximately <
12000metrictonsoftunnyinstockatpresent;i
whereasthisstockrepresentsaquarterofannual i
Frenchproductionandtheincreasedvolumeof
importswillmakeitmuchmoredifficulttodispose
of;
WhereastheCommission ,inthelightoftheinforma­
tionatpresentatitsdisposal,whichithasusedin
assessingthemarketsituationofalltheproductsin
respectofwhichFrancehastakeninterimprotective
measures,considersthattheFrenchmarketinfrozen
codandintunnyforthecanningindustryisexpe­
riencing,byreasonofimports,seriousdisturbances
whichmayendangertheobjectivesofArticle39of
theTreaty;whereasinthesecircumstances itisneces­
sarytotakeprotectivemeasuresinrespectofthese
products;whereastothisendimportsofthesaid
productsintoFranceshouldbesuspendedforarela­
tivelyshortperiod;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationatpresentavailable
themarketsituationinotherpartsoftheCommunity
isnotsuchastocallforspecialmeasures ;whereas,
therefore,theprotectivemeasuresshouldapplyonly
toimportsintoFrance,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70(')of20October1970onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2682/74(2),andin
particularArticle20(2)thereof;
Whereason25February1975theFrenchRepublic
notifiedtheinterimprotectivemeasuresithastaken
inrespectoftheimportofsaltwaterfishoriginatingin
thirdcountries ;
WhereasFranceproducesanaverageof18000metric
tonsoffrozencodfilletsperyear;whereasin1974
onlypartofthisproductioncouldbemarketed,
mainlybecausethemajorconsumermarketswere
alreadysaturated;
Whereas "duringthepastyear,importsintoFrance
fromthirdcountriesoffilletsoffrozenhake,a
productwhichmaybesubstitutedforfrozencod,have
increasedconsiderablycomparedwithpreviousyears;
whereas,inviewofthesaturationoftheworldmarket,
importsoffrozenhakecanbeexpectedtoremainat
theirpresentlevel,atleastforthenextfewweeks;
Whereasoverthepastfewmonthsthepricesfor
frozencodontheFrenchmarkethavefallensharply,
largelybecauseofincreasedimportsoffrozenhake;
whereas,moreover,pricesforthelatterproductare
lowerthanthoserecordedlastyear;
Whereasapproximately 11000metrictonsoffrozen
codfilletsareatpresentinstorageinFrance;whereas
marketpricescanthereforebeexpectedtofalleven
moresharplyoverthenextfewweeks,sincethe
demandforthisproductislimited;
Whereassincethebeginningof1975Francehas
importedfromthirdcountriesapproximately 2000
metrictonsoftunnyforthecanningindustry,while
itsannualimportsoverthepastfewyearsamounted
to6000metrictonsonaverage;
Whereastheselatestimportshavebeeneffectedata
priceapproximately 20%lowerthanthepriceofthe
Frenchproduct,whichfellasaresult;whereasthereHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artidc1
TheplacinginfreecirculationinFianceof:
—tunnyfortheindustrialmanufacture ofproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo16.04(subheading03.01
B1c)1oftheCommonCustomsTariff),
—frozenhakefillets(subheadingex03.01BIIb)7
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),
originatinginthirdcountriesshallbetemporarily
prohibitedfortheperiod27Februaryto17March
1975.
/1/'tide2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJoiinuloftinl:iirojn\in
C.omnmnitit s.(')OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
HOJNoL288,25.10.1974,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26February1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission