Council Regulation (EEC) No 926/79 of 8 May 1979 on common rules for imports
Official Journal L 131 , 29/05/1979 P. 0015
Greek special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 14 P. 0017
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 926/79
OF 8 MAY 1979
ON COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE INSTRUMENTS ESTABLISHING COMMON ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND TO THE INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ADOPTED IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE 235 OF THE TREATY , IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISIONS OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ALLOW FOR DEROGATION FROM THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE THAT ALL QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS OR MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT MAY BE REPLACED SOLELY BY THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THOSE SAME INSTRUMENTS ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY MUST BE BASED ON UNIFORM PRINCIPLES ; WHEREAS THE IMPORT RULES ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1439/74 ( 1 ) ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT POLICY ;
WHEREAS THE COMMON LIBERALIZATION LIST DRAWN UP UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1439/74 AND AMENDED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3279/75 ( 2 ) AND ( EEC ) NO 516/77 ( 3 ) IS THE STARTING POINT FOR COMMON RULES IN THIS FIELD ; WHEREAS THIS LIST MAY BE EXTENDED BY DECISION OF THE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE OTHER PRODUCTS AND OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS THE PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN THE COMMON LIBERALIZATION LIST MUST NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION MUST , HOWEVER , BE INFORMED BY THE MEMBER STATES OF ANY DANGER CREATED BY TRENDS IN IMPORTS WHICH MIGHT CALL FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES ;
WHEREAS IS IS ESSENTIAL THAT EXAMINATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AND WITHIN AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE , OF IMPORT TERMS AND CONDITIONS , OF IMPORT TRENDS , OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SITUATION , AND OF THE MEASURES , IF ANY , TO BE TAKEN ;
WHEREAS IT MAY BECOME APPARENT FROM THIS EXAMINATION THAT THERE SHOULD BE EITHER COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OR SURVEILLANCE AT NATIONAL LEVEL OVER CERTAIN OF THESE IMPORTS ;
WHEREAS IN THIS CASE THE PUTTING INTO FREE CIRCULATION OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED SHOULD BE MADE SUBJECT TO PRODUCTION OF AN IMPORT DOCUMENT SATISFYING UNIFORM CRITERIA ; WHEREAS THAT DOCUMENT MUST , ON DECLARATION OR ON SIMPLE APPLICATION BY THE IMPORTER , BE ISSUED OR ENDORSED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD BUT WITHOUT THE IMPORTER THEREBY ACQUIRING ANY RIGHT TO IMPORT ; WHEREAS THE DOCUMENT MUST THEREFORE BE VALID ONLY DURING SUCH PERIOD AS THE IMPORT RULES REMAIN UNCHANGED ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION SHOULD MAKE AS FULL AN EXCHANGE AS POSSIBLE OF INFORMATION RESULTING FROM EITHER COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OR SURVEILLANCE AT NATIONAL LEVEL ;
WHEREAS IT IS