CELEX: 31988R0962
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 962/88 of 12 April 1988 suspending the issue of import licences for dessert apples originating in Chile

No L 95/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 4. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 962/88
                                                       of 12 April 1988
                   suspending the issue of import licences for dessert apples originating in Chile
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       urgently taken in respect of imports of such products by
                                                                  suspending the issue of import licences for the period
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             necessary for oa review of the overall situation on the
Economic Community,                                               market for dessert apples ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                  Whereas, since the period of validity of import licences
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by            has been fixed so as to cover amply the dispatch of
Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 (2), and in particular Article         dessert apples to the Community and to permit the
29 (2) thereof,                                                    operators to obtain import licences before the ships
                                                                   depart, no account should be taken of goods being
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2707/72 (3) lays               transported to the Community other than those for which
down the conditions for applying protective measures for           import licences have been issued,
fruit and vegetables ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 346/88 (4), as
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /88 (f), introduces
special surveillance of imports of dessert apples from
third countries ;                                                                           Article 1
Whereas at present applications for import licences for            1 . For the period from 15 to 22 April 1988, the isue of"
dessert apples originating in Chile exceed the traditional         import licences for dessert apples covered by CN codes
quantity of imports of such products originating in that           0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93 and 0808 10 99 originating in
country ;                                                          Chile is hereby suspended.
Whereas, since the existence of substantial stocks and
withdrawals and of prices considerably lower than those            2. Applications pending on 18 April 1988 for import
in the previous marketing year on the markets of the               licences for those products shall be rejected and the
main producer countries is a features of the Community             relevant securities immediately released.
market for dessert apples, the continuation of such
imports could lead to serious disturbance of the market                                     Article 2
such as to jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the
EEC Treaty and in particular to cause serious injury to            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Community producers ; whereas, on account of these                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
critical circumstances, protective measures must be                 Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 April 1988 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (') OJ No L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
  2) OJ No L  85, 30. 3. 1988, p. 5.
 0   OJ No L  291 , 28. 12. 1972, p. 3.
 0   OJ No L  34, 6. 2. 1988, p. 21 .
  *) OJ No L  87, 31 . 3. 1988, p. 73.