CELEX: 31977R1274
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/77 of 14 June 1977 discontinuing prematurely the accession compensatory amounts for pigmeat in order to prevent trade distortions

15. 6 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 147/27
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1274/77
                                                       of 14 June 1977
               discontinuing prematurely the accession compensatory amounts for pigmeat in
                                             order to prevent trade distortions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the lard market, unlike the other products of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    the pigmeat sector, has its own . special characteristics,
                                                                 which have led to the adoption of Article 3 (2) of
 Having regard to the Treaty of Accession ('),                   Regulation (EEC) No 2770/75 ; whereas those charac­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    teristics require that the application of the measure
 2770/75 of 19 October 1975 laying down general                  provided for in the present Regulation be delayed in
 rules for the system of accession compensatory                  respect of that product, while this is not necessary for
 amounts for pigmeat (2), and in particular Article 8 ( 1 )      the other products, particularly in view of the fact that
 and (2) thereof,                                                the announcement of the new measure has already
                                                                 been widely publicized by the Commission ;
Whereas the calculation of the accession compensa­
 tory amounts for pigmeat to be applied in trade with            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1 August 1977               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 results in a minimal amount within the meaning of               ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Article 55 (4) of the Act of Accession ; whereas no
compensatory amounts should therefore be fixed ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, however, if on the date when those amounts
would normally be reduced, they were to be suddenly
                                                                                         Article 1
discontinued, the resultant sharp change in the
amounts applicable in trade between the Community                The accession compensatory amounts for pigmeat are
as originally constituted and the new Member States,             hereby discontinued.
 and between those States and third countries , would
 tend to encourage artificial trade with a view to
                                                                                         Article 2
 profiting from such change ; whereas, in order to
avoid such trade distortions, particularly in the present
 situation , where the market is under strain and there­
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 1786/76 is hereby repealed.
 fore sensitive to every influence , the amounts should
be discontinued prematurely ;                                                            Article 3
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1786/76                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June
of 23 July 1976 fixing the accession compensatory                 1977. As regards products of subheading 15.01 A, it
amounts for pigmeat (3) should therefore be repealed ;           shall apply with effect from 1 August 1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 June 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(2 ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 46 .
(3 ) OJ No L 199 , 24. 7 . 1976, p. 27 .