MAINTAINED FOR FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRIES USING THESE PRODUCTS SO AS NOT TO HINDER THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION ; WHEREAS ANY DISADVANTAGES WHICH THIS SYSTEM MIGHT PRESENT FOR COMMUNITY TUNA PRODUCERS COULD BE OFFSET BY PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITIES ENVISAGED FOR THIS PURPOSE ; WHEREAS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REASONS THE MAINTENANCE OF TRADITIONAL SUPPLIES OF BASIC FOODSTUFFS , SUCH AS SALTED AND DRIED COD , IS ALSO JUSTIFIED ;
WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT IT MAY PROVE NECESSARY TO TAKE TARIFF MEASURES VERY RAPIDLY , IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SUPPLY OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET AND TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKINGS ARE COMPLIED WITH ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH SUCH SITUATIONS WITH ALL THE ASSIDUITY CALLED FOR , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR A PROCEDURE ENABLING THE REQUISITE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN RAPIDLY ;
WHEREAS , FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS , MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH REGARD TO IMPORTS COMING FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AT ABNORMALLY LOW PRICES , SO AS TO AVOID DISTURBANCES ON COMMUNITY MARKETS ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE GREATER EFFICIENCY OF THESE MEASURES , IT IS APPROPRIATE , ON THE ONE HAND , TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM WHEREBY IMPORT PRICES ARE ESTABLISHED , AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , TO EXTEND THE LIST OF THOSE PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE REFERENCE PRICE SYSTEM ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PRODUCTS , THE SYSTEM THUS INTRODUCED ALLOWS FOR RENUNCIATION OF ALL QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AT THE EXTERNAL FRONTIER OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR APPLYING ONLY THE CUSTOMS DUTY OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ACTUALLY LEVIED ;
WHEREAS IT IS NOT YET POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TO ALLOW MEMBER STATES TO MAINTAIN FOR THOSE PRODUCTS THE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM THEIR NATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ;
WHEREAS THE MECHANISM DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY , IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES , BE IMPAIRED ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER NOT TO LEAVE , SHOULD THIS HAPPEN , THE COMMUNITY MARKET DEFENCELESS AGAINST ANY DISTURBANCES WHICH MIGHT RESULT THEREFROM , THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES ;
WHEREAS , IN ADDITION TO THE SYSTEM DESCRIBED ABOVE , AND TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY FOR ITS PROPER WORKING , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR REGULATING OR , WHEN THE SITUATION ON THE MARKET SO REQUIRES , PROHIBITING TOTALLY OR IN PART THE USE OF INWARD PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS ; WHEREAS IT IS ALSO DESIRABLE THAT REFUNDS SHOULD BE SO FIXED THAT COMMUNITY RAW MATERIALS USED BY PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A VIEW TO EXPORT ARE NOT PLACED AT A DISADVANTAGE BY INWARD PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE THESE INDUSTRIES TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO RAW MATERIALS IMPORTED FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT COMPETITION BETWEEN COMMUNITY UNDERTAKINGS BEING DISTORTED ON EXTERNAL MARKETS ; WHEREAS EQUAL CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION MUST THEREFORE BE ESTABLISHED BY THE INTRODUCTION