CELEX: 31977R2685
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2685/77 of 6 December 1977 suspending imports of frozen squid

7. 12 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 313/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2685/77
                                                   of 6 December 1977
                                          suspending imports of frozen squid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  tive measures applicable to imports of frozen squid (4)
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   makes the importation of such squid conditional on
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          the observance of a minimum price ;
  Economic Community,                                            Whereas it is to be feared that imports, at the entry
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   prices obtaining at present, of squid subject to the
  100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­              system of reference prices will result, given the inter­
 tion of the market in fishery products (!), as amended          changeability of the various species, in the same distur­
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular           bances of the Italian market as those which led to the
 the third subparagraph of Article 1*9 (6) thereof,              adoption of the protective measures ;
 Whereas Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76            Whereas imports of the products in question should,
 provides among other things that, where the entry               therefore, be suspended when they are effected at a
 price for a given product imported from a non­                  level lower than the reference price,
 member country is lower than the reference price, in
 the case of the products listed in Annex II imports             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 may be suspended or restricted to specified qualities,
 forms of presentation or end uses ;
                                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 3125/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing, for the 1977                1 . All imports into the Community of frozen squid
 fishing year, reference prices for fishery products (3),        as specified in the Annex hereto originating in and
 the reference price for frozen squid was fixed at 1 227         coming from non-member countries, with the excep­
 units of account per tonne ;                                    tion of Greece, are hereby suspended .
 Whereas Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76            2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to imports of
 provides, that, for products in respect of which a refer­       products which comply with the reference price set
 ence price is fixed, an entry price is to be established        out in the said Annex .
 on the basis of the lowest prices recorded for one and
 the same marketing stage on representative import                                       Article 2
 markets or in representative ports of import, reduced
 by an amount equal to any customs duties and                   The items to be taken into account in determining
 charges levied on those products and by the cost of            whether an import complies with the reference price
 transporting the products form those markets or ports           as referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be as follows :
 to Community frontier crossing points ;                        (a) the free-at-Community frontier price, before
 Whereas the situation on the Italian market for frozen              customs clearance ;
 squid has led to the adoption of protective measures           (b) unloading costs.
 in respect of imports from non-member countries,
 with the exception of Greece, of species for which no                                   Article 3
 reference price is provided for by Community rules ;
whereas, to that end, Commission Regulation (EEC)               This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December
 No 2619/77 of 28 November 1977 adopting protec­                 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 6 December 1977 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p. 5 .
(3) OJ No L 353, 23. 12. 1976, p. 11 .                          («) OJ No L 304, 29 . 11 . 1977, p. 37.
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                                                     ANNEX
                                                      Description
                                                                             Reference price
             CCT heading No
                                                                               (u.a ./tonne)
           03.03 B IV a) 1  Squid :
                               aa) Ommastrephes sagittatus and Loligo spp
                            ex bb) Todarodes sagittatus and Illex coindetti | 1 227