CELEX: 31977R2869
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2869/77 of 22 December 1977 adopting protective measures applicable to imports of onions from Poland

No L 330/ 22                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            23 . 12. 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2869/77
                                                    of 22 December 1977
               adopting protective measures applicable to imports of onions from Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    of the marketing year and of supplies in Poland, a
COMMUNITIES,                                                      further marked drop in prices on the Irish market and
                                                                  difficulties in the sale of domestic production are to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             be feared ;
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the assessment of the market situation,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      broadly outlined above, leads to the conclusion that
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 the Irish market, as a result of imports of onions from
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                Poland, is experiencing grave disturbances likely to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in                endanger the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty ;
particular Article 29 (2) thereof,                                whereas it is necessary under these conditions to intro­
Whereas Ireland requested the Commission on 19                    duce a protective measure in respect of these imports ;
December 1977 to take protective measures against                 Whereas information currently available does not
imports of onions bound for the Irish market ;
                                                                  make it possible to assess whether markets in other
whereas this application was supplemented on 20
                                                                  Community regions are, as a result of imports, in a
December 1977 by additional data ;
                                                                  situation requiring the application of protective
Whereas production in Ireland has risen substantially             measures ; whereas, consequently, these measures
during the current marketing year ;                               should be limited to imports of Polish onions into
                                                                  Ireland,
Whereas imports of onions into Ireland since the
month of November 1977 substantially exceed those
carried out during the same months as previous years ;            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas this increase is due, almost entirely to
products from Poland which are appearing on the                                            Article 1
Irish market for the first time ; whereas the prices of
such imports are much lower than those recorded for               The placing in free circulation in Ireland of onions,
imported onions in previous years ;                               fresh or chilled, (subheading ex 07.01 H of the
Whereas according to the information available,                   Common Customs Tariff) originating in Poland shall
substantial quantities of Polish onions may be                    be suspended from 28 December 1977.
imported into Ireland during the coming months ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in recent months, prices have dropped appre­
ciably on the Irish market because of the substantial             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
volume both of Irish production and of the imports                publication in the Official Journal of the European
referred to above ; whereas in view of the development             Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 22 December 1977 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 1 .