MEASURES ARE IN OPERATION THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSULTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF THE MEASURES AND OF ASCERTAINING WHETHER THE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR APPLICATION ARE STILL SATISFIED ;
WHEREAS THIS REGULATION IS TO APPLY TO ALL PRODUCTS , WHETHER INDUSTRIAL OR AGRICULTURAL ; WHEREAS ITS OPERATION SHOULD BE COMPLEMENTARY TO THAT OF THE INSTRUMENTS ESTABLISHING COMMON ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS , AND TO THAT OF THE SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS ADOPTED UNDER ARTICLE 235 OF THE TREATY FOR PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS ANY OVERLAP BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION AND THE PROVISIONS OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS , PARTICULARLY THE PROTECTIVE CLAUSES THEREOF , MUST HOWEVER BE AVOIDED ;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 9 ( 6 ) AND 11 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 109/70 PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL MUST DECIDE ON THE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE TO THIS REGULATION ;
WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM THE APPLICATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 109/70 HAS REVEALED THAT CONSULTATION PROCEDURES SHOULD BE SIMPLIFIED , SURVEILLANCE MEASURES RATIONALIZED AND SAFEGUARD CLAUSES AMENDED IN CERTAIN LIMITED POINTS ;
WHEREAS THE REGULATION THUS AMENDED SHOULD BE PUBLISHED TOGETHER WITH THE ANNEX THERETO ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
TITLE I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
ARTICLE 1
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ARTICLES 7 , 8 AND 9 , IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY COVERED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COUNCIL MAY , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , RESOLVE THAT THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE OTHER PRODUCTS , PROVIDED THAT SUCH ACTION IS NOT LIABLE TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IV WOULD BE JUSTIFIED .
2 . WHERE THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT , BY VIRTUE OF THE REVOCATION OF A QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION BY A MEMBER STATE , A PRODUCT IS LIBERALIZED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY , IT MAY DECIDE TO INCLUDE THAT PRODUCT IN THE COMMON LIBERALIZATION LIST , UNLESS A MEMBER STATE , IN THE COURSE OF CONSULTATION TO BE CARRIED OUT BEFOREHAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 5 ( 4 ) , REQUESTS THAT A PROPOSAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS ARTICLE BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL .
TITLE II
COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURE
ARTICLE 3
1 . MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION :
( A ) WHERE TRENDS IN IMPORTS APPEAR TO CALL FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES ;
( B ) WHERE , FOLLOWING THEIR USUAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE , THEY FIND THAT THE GRANTING OF AN IMPORT AUTHORIZATION APPLIED FOR MIGHT PREJUDICE THE SUCCESS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IV ; NOTIFICATION MUST BE GIVEN IN ALL CASES WHERE APPLICATIONS ARE MADE FOR DOCUMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF A PRODUCT IN UNUSUALLY INCREASED QUANTITIES OR ON EXCEPTIONAL TERMS OR CONDITIONS .
2 . THE COMMISSION SHALL