3.9.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL224/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2448/93
of2September1993
adoptingaprotectivemeasurewithregardtotheimportofgarlicoriginatingin
China
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theissueofimportlicencesforgarlic(CNcode
07032000)originatinginChina,asreferredtoinRegula­
tion(EEC)No1859/93,isherebysuspendeduntil
31December1993.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18may1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No638/93(2),andinparticular
Article29(2)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2707/72(')lays
downtheconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresfor
fruitandvegetables ;
WhereaspursuanttoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1859/93(4)thereleaseforfreecirculationinthe
Communityofgarlicimportedfromthirdcountriesis
subjecttopresentationofanimportlicence;
Whereason27August1993FranceandSpainrequested
theCommissiontotakeprotectiveactionoverimportsof
garlicoriginatinginChina;whereason1September
1993theserequestsweresupplemented byadditional
information ;
Whereasatpresentapplicationsforimportlicencesfor
garlicoriginatinginChinaexceedthetraditionalquantity
ofimportsofsuchproductsoriginatinginthatcountry;
Whereaspricesconsiderablylowerthanthoseinthe
previousmarketingyearonthemarketsofthemain
producercountriesisafeatureoftheCommunitymarket
forgarlic;whereasthecontinuation ofsuchimports
couldleadtoseriousdisturbances inthesectorsuchasto
jeopardizetheobjectivesofArticle39oftheEECTreaty
andinparticulartocauseseriousinjurytoCommunity
producers;whereas,onaccountofthesecriticalcircum­
stances,protectivemeasuresmustbeurgentlytaken;
Whereasforthispurposetheissuetoimportlicences
shouldbesuspendedforaslongasisstrictlynecessaryto
removetheaforesaiddisturbances ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2707/72,thespecialpositionofproductsintransitto
theCommunityshouldbetakenintoaccount,Article2
1.Article1shallnotapplytoapplicationsforlicences
intendedtocoverproductswhichareproved,whenthe
applicationissubmitted,tohavebeenintransittothe
CommunitybeforethisRegulationenteredintoforce.
2.Productsshallberegardedasintransittothe
Communityif:
—theyleftChinabeforethisRegulationenteredinto
force,
and
—theyareaccompanied byatransportdocumentwhich
isvalidfromtheplaceofloadinginChinauptothe
placeofunloadingintheCommunityandwasmade
outbeforethisRegulationenteredintoforce.
3.Thepartiesconcernedshallprovideproof,tothe
satisfactionofthecompetentauthorities,thatthecondi­
tionssetoutinparagraph2havebeencompliedwith.
However,thecompetentauthoritiesmayregardthe
productsashavingleftChinabeforetheentryintoforce
ofthisRegulationifoneofthefollowingdocumentsis
submitted :
—inthecaseoftransportbysea,thebillofloading
showingthatloadingtookplacebeforethatdate,
—inthecaseoftransportbyrail,theconsignmentnote
acceptedbytheChineserailwaysbeforethatdate,
—inthecaseoftransportbyroad,theTIR(international
roadtransport)carnetissuedbytheChinesecustoms
officebeforethatdate,
—inthecaseoftransportbyair,theairconsignment
noteshowingthattheairlinereceivedtheproducts
beforethatdate.
OOJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL69,20.3.1993,p.7.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(3)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.3.
(4)OJNoL170,13.7.1993,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2September1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission