CELEX: 31972R1759
Language: en
Date: 1972-08-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1759/72 of the Commission of 11 August 1972 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1558/71 laying down protective measures applicable to imports of tomato concentrates

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    861
  No L 184/24                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               12.8.72
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1759/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 11 August 1972
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1558/71 laying down protective measures applicable
                                            to imports of tomato concentrates
 THE    COMMISSION       OF      THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         guarantee compliance with a certain level of import
  MUNITIES,                                                      prices within the Community, and those imported
                                                                 from Greece, should not be taken into account when
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    the reference quantities referred to in Article 3 of
 European Economic Community;                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1558/71 are being determined ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 865 /68 1 of 28 June 1968 on the common
 organization of the market in products processed                                        Article 1
 from fruit and vegetables, as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1425 /712 ;
                                                                 The following shall be substituted for the second
                                                                 subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    No 1558 /71 :
 1427/713 of 2 July 1971 introducing protective
 measures for products processed from fruit and                      'The licence shall be issued for imports to be
 vegetables, and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof;                effected during the month for which it was drawn
                                                                     up . It may, however, cover the month preceding
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (2) of                         or the month following the month in question in
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1558/714 of 20                       respect of the quantity for which it was issued. It
 July 1971 laying down protective measures applicable                shall be valid for imports to be effected in the
                                                                     Member State which issued it.'
 to imports of tomato concentrates, import licences
are only valid for the month for which they were
issued ; whereas these licences may, however, cover                                      Article 2
the fortnight preceding and the fortnight following
 the month in question;           whereas, in view of
international trade practice, this period of validity           The following shall be substituted for Article 2 ( 1 ) of
should be extended ;                                            Regulation (EEC ) No 1558 /71 :
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1558 /71                    '1.    At the end of each week Member States
provides that the Member States shall notify the                     shall notify the Commission by telex of :
Commission at regular intervals of the quantities for               — the quantities, shown for each        month, in
which licences have been applied for; whereas, so                        respect of which import licences   have been
that the Commission can be kept closely informed of                       applied for during the week;
the application of the protective measures, provision
should also be made for the quantities for which the                 — the quantities, shown for each       month, in
licences were issued to be notified ;                                    respect of which import licences   have been
                                                                         issued during the week.'
Whereas it should be specified that quantities
imported from third countries which are prepared to                                      Article 3
                                                                The following subparagraph shall be added to Article
1 OJ No L 153 , 1.7.1968, p. 8 .
                                                                3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1558 /71 :
2 OJ No L 151, 7.7.1971, p. 1 .
3 OJ No L 151 , 7.7.1971, p. 5.                                     'Imports from countries fulfilling the conditions
4 OJ No L 164, 22.7.1971 , p. 14.                                    of Article 1 (4) and from countries for which the
 ---pagebreak--- 862                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
    Commission has established a system of minimum                 of minimum import prices shall be excluded when
    import prices shall not be taken into account                  these average quantities are being calculated.
    when the reference quantity is being determined.'
                                                                  Import licences corresponding to these
                                                                   applications shall be issued within ten working
                                                                   days following the lodging of the applications and
                        Article 4                                  in the chronological order in which they were
                                                                   lodged. One and the same applicant may not be
The following shall be substituted for Article 4 of                allotted quantities exceeding 2% of the average
Regulation (EEC) No 1558/71 :                                      quantities of products imported into the Member
                                                                   State and mentioned            in   the   preceding
    'When applications for licences are made by                    subparagraph.'
    persons who have not imported the products in
    question into the Community during the period                                       Article 5
     1968-70, these applications shall, by way of
    derogation from the abovementioned provisions,
                                                               Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1738/71 is hereby
     be granted in respect of not more than 5% of the
     average quantities of products imported into the          repealed .
    Member State and conveyed to the authorities of
                                                                                        Article 6
    the latter in each month of 1968 , 1969 and 1970 ,v
    corresponding to those specified in the
     application. Imports from countries fulfilling the        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
     conditions of Article 1 (4) and from countries for        day following its publication in the Official Journal
     which the Commission has established a system             of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 11 August 1972.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                     S. L. MANSHOLT