CELEX: 31975R2901
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-05
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2901/75 of the Commission of 5 November 1975 suspending imports of frozen hake and fillets thereof

6 . 11 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 288/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2901 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 5 November 1975
                               suspending imports of frozen hake and fillets thereof
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas in the case of frozen hake, whole, headless or
COMMUNITIES,                                                      in pieces and of frozen fillets thereof, the entry prices
                                                                  are apparently far below the level of the reference
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             prices ; whereas this is likely to have an adverse effect
Economic Community ;                                              on the measures taken to stabilize Community
                                                                  markets ; whereas, in order to prevent disturbances as
                                                                  a result of abnormally low prices, imports of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      products in question should be suspended,
2142/70 (^ of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­
ization of the market in fishery products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 82/75 (2), and in
particular the third subparagraph of Article 18 (6)
thereof ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 18 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
2142/70 provides inter alia that, where the entry                                           Article 1
price for a given product imported from any third
country is lower than the reference price, then, in the
case of the products listed in Annexes I (A) and IV (B),           1.      All imports into the Community of frozen hake,
imports may be suspended or restricted to specified               whole, headless or in pieces, of subheading 03.01 B I
qualities, forms of presentation or end uses ;                    q) of the Common Customs Tariff and of frozen fillets
                                                                  of hake of subheading 03.01 B II b) 7 of the Common
                                                                  Customs Tariff, are hereby suspended.
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1 243/75 (3) of 15 May 1975 fixing the withdrawal
price and reference prices for hake listed in Annexes I           2.       Paragraph 1 shall not apply to imports of
(A) and IV ( B) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for                products which comply with the reference prices set
                                                                  out in the Annex hereto .
the 1975 fishing year, the reference price for whole
frozen hake was fixed at 350 units of account per
metric ton and that for frozen fillets of hake at 625
units of account per metric ton ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                     The items to be taken into account in determining
2142/70 provides that, for products in respect of                 whether an import complies with the reference price
which a reference price is fixed, there shall be esta­            as referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be as follows :
blished an entry price, based on the lowest prices
recorded for one and the same marketing stage on                  (a) the      free-at-Community    frontier price,  before
representative import markets or in representative                     customs clearance ;
ports of import, reduced by an amount equal to any
customs duties and charges levied on these products               (b) unloading costs .
and by the cost of transporting the product from these
markets or ports to Community frontier crossing
points ;                                                                                    Article 3
(!) OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970 , p . 5 .
(2) OJ No L 118 , 8 . 5. 1975, p . 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 November
(3 ) OJ No L 125, 16 . 5 . 1975, p . 19 .                          1 975 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 5 November 1975.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
                     CCT                                                                         Price
                   heading                          Description of goods                      in u.a. per
                      No                                                                    metric ton net
            ex 03.01 B I q)    Frozen hake, whole, headless or in pieces                         350
            ex 03.01 B II b) 7 Frozen fillets of hake                                            625