CELEX: 31976R0661
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 661/76 of 25 March 1976 fixing for the purposes of application of the system of import licences for preserved mushrooms the percentage applicable to the reference quantity

26. 3 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 80/ 15
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 66 1 /76
                                                     of 25 March 1 976
                fixing for purposes of application of the system of import licences for preserved
                         mushrooms the percentage applicable to the reference quantity
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the application of the protective measures
  COMMUNITIES.                                                    under the conditions defined in the . Regulations
                                                                 referred to has led, in the case of cultivated mush­
                                                                  rooms, to a certain recovery in the prices of Commu­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           nity and third country products and to a marked
  Economic Community,                                            decrease within the Community ;
                                                                 Whereas in this situation the percentage applicable to
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   the reference quantity for imports of preserved culti­
  865/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization              vated mushrooms from third countries should be
 of the market in products processed from fruit and              increased while ensuring that the Community market
 vegetables (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             does not undergo serious disturbances due to these
  No 1420/75 (2),                                                imports,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1927/75 of 22 July 1975 concerning the system of
 trade with third countries in the market in products
 processed from fruit and vegetables (3), and in parti­          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 cular Article 7 (2) thereof,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74                                          Article 1
 of 8 August 1974 (4), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 2501 /75 (5), laid down protective measures
 applicable to imports of preserved mushrooms from               With effect from 1 January 1976 applications for
 third countries ; whereas for this purpose the Regula­          import licences made in accordance with the provi­
 tion set up machinery for restricting imports by                sions of Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2107/74
 means of a system of import licences ;                          shall be granted up to the amount specified in the
                                                                 application without however exceeding, in the case of
                                                                 preserved wild mushrooms, the reference quantity as
 Whereas by Article 2 (2) of the said Regulation the             defined in Article 3 of that Regulation, or in the case
 Commission is responsible for assessing the situation           of preserved cultivated mushrooms, 55 % of that refer­
 and for deciding on the quantities of products for              ence quantity.
 which import licences are to be issued, by fixing a
 percentage to be applied to the reference quantity of
 each applicant ;
                                                                                         Article 2
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 467/76 of
 1 March 1976 (6), fixed the percentage applicable to            Regulation (EEC) No 467/76 is hereby repealed.
 the reference quantity for imports from third coun­
 tries which do not fulfil the conditions of Article 1 (4)
 of Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 at 40 % and 100 %
 respectively of the reference quantity as defined in                                    Article J
Article 3 of the Regulation, according to whether the
 preserves are of cultivated or wild mushrooms ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(■) OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
(*) OJ Ne L 141 , 3 . 6. 1975, p. 1 .                            the European Communities.
P) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 7.
M OJ No L 218, 9. 8. 1974, p. 54.
(5) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 42.
( 6) OJ No L 54, 2. 3. 1976, p. 5.                               It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1976.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 25 March 1976.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission