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27.12.69 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL324/3
REGULATION (EEC)No2592/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December1969
layingdownconditionsforapplyingprotectivemeasuresinthemarketinrice
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
establishingthe HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;Whereas,sincerecoursetoprotectivemeasures
dependsontheeffectoftradewiththirdcountrieson
theCommunitymarket,thesituationonthismarket
(mustbeassessedbytakingaccountnotonlyofthe
factorspeculiartothemarketitselfbutalsoofthe
factorsconnectedwiththedevelopmentofthattrade;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2463/69,2andinparticular
Article22(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 3;Whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakenin
applicationofArticle22ofRegulationNo
359/67/EECshouldbelaiddown;whereasthose
measuresmustbesuchastoputanendtoserious
disturbances onthemarketandthethreatofsuch
disturbances ;whereastheymustbesuitedtothe
circumstancesiftheyarenottohaveotherthanthe
desiredeffects: '
Whereastheorganisationofthemarketinrice
includesasystemoflicencesandasystemoffixing
leviesandrefundsinadvance;whereasinviewofthe
existenceofthesesystemsrulesshouldbelaiddown
wherebyinterimprotectivemeasuresatCommunity
levelcanbedecideduponafterasummary
examinationofthesituation;WhereasArticle22(1)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
makesprovisionfortheapplicationof-appropriate
measuresif,byreasonofimportsorexports,the
Communitymarketinoneormoreoftheproducts
listedinArticle1thereofexperiencesoristhreatened
withseriousdisturbanceswhichmayendangerthe
objectivessetoutinArticle39oftheTreaty;whereas
thesemeasuresrelatetotradewiththirdcountries,
whereastheywillnolongerapplywhenthe
disturbanceorthreatofdisturbancehasceased;
WhereasitisfortheCounciltoadoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofArticle22(1)ofthat
Regulationanddefinethecasesinwhichandthe
limitswithinwhichMemberStatesmaytakeinterim
protectivemeasures;
Whereas,therefore,themainfactorstobeusedin
assessingwhethertheCommunitymarketisseriously
disturbedorthreatenedwithdisturbanceshouldbe
determined ;WhereasrecoursebyaMemberStatetoArticle22of
RegulationNo359/67/EECshouldbelimitedtoa
caseinwhichthemarketofthatState,followingan
assessmentbasedontheabove-mentioned factors,is
regardedasfulfillingtheconditionsofthatArticle;
whereasthemeasureswhichmaybetakeninthat
caseshouldbedesignedtopreventthemarket
situationfromdeteriorating further;whereas,
however,theymustbeofaninterimnature;whereas
thisinterimnatureofnationalmeasuresjustifiestheir
applicationonlyuntiltheentryintoforceofa
Communitydecisiononthesubject;
1OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.WhereastheCommission isrequiredtotakea
decisiononCommunityprotectivemeasurestobe
appliedinresponsetoarequestfromaMemberState
withintwenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptofthe
request;whereas,inorderthattheCommissionmay
assessthesituationonthemarketwiththegreatest2OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.
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effectiveness ,provisionshouldbemadetoensurethat
itisinformedasquicklyaspossibleofanyinterim
protectivemeasuresappliedbyaMemberState;
whereas,therefore,provisionshouldbemadeforthe
Commissiontobenotifiedofanysuchmeasuresas
soonastheyhavebeenadoptedandforsuch
notificationtobetreatedasarequestwithinthe
meaningofArticle22(2)ofRegulationNo
359/67/EEC;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :(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.Article1
Article3InordertoassesswhethertheCommunitymarketin
oneormoreoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)of
RegulationNo359/67/EECis,byreasonofimports
orexports,experiencingorthreatenedwithserious
disturbanceswhichmayendangertheobjectivesset
outinArticle39oftheTreaty,particularaccount
shallbetakenof:
(a)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichimportor
exportlicenceshavebeenissuedorappliedfor;
(b)thequantitiesofproductsavailableonthe
Communitymarket;
(c)thepricesrecordedontheCommunitymarketor
theforeseeabletrendofthesepricesandin
particularanyexcessiveupwardtrendthereofor,
inthecaseofproductsforwhichnointervention
pricehasbeenfixed,anyexcessivedownward
trendthereof;
(d)thequantitiesofproductsforwhichintervention
measureshavebeentakenormayneedtobe
takeniftheabove-mentioned situationarisesasa
resultofimports.Afterasummaryexaminationofthesituationbased
onthefactorssetoutinArticle1,theCommission
mayestablishbyDecisionthattheconditionsfor
applyingArticle22(2)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
arefulfilled.TheCommissionshallnotifyMember
StatesofitsDecisionandshallpublishitona
notice-boardatitsheadquarters .
TheconsequenceofthatDecisionfortheproductsin
questionshallbethetemporarysuspensionofthe
advancefixingofleviesorrefundsandoftheissueof
licencesfromthetimefixedforthepurpose,thattime
beingsubsequenttothenotification .
TheDecisionshallapplyfornotmorethan
forty-eighthours,withoutprejudicetotheprovisions
ofthesecondsentenceofArticle22(2)ofRegulation
No359/67/EEC.Article2
Article41.ThemeasureswhichmaybetakenunderArticle
22(2)and(3)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC,should
thesituationmentionedinArticle22(1)arise,shall
be:
(a)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheadvance
fixingofleviesorrefunds,includingtherefusal
offreshapplications ;
(b)thetotalorpartialsuspensionoftheissueof
importorexportlicences,includingtherefusalof
freshapplications ;1.AMemberStatemaytakeoneormoreinterim
protectivemeasuresif,afteranassessmentbasedon
thefactorssetoutinArticle1,itconsidersthatthe
situationforeseeninArticle22(1)ofRegulation
No359/67/EEChasarisenonitsownterritory.

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beendecidedon.Suchnotificationshallbetreatedas
arequestwithinthemeaningofArticle22(2)of
RegulationNo359/67/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