CELEX: 31976R1329
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1329/76 of 9 June 1976 laying down protective measures applicable to imports of dessert apples originating in Chile

9 . 6 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 150 / 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1329/76
                                                       of 9 June 1976
               laying down protective measures applicable to imports of dessert apples origi­
                                                      nating in Chile
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    second six months can provoke a further drop in
COMMUNITIES,                                                      prices and, in any case, necessitate the withdrawal of
                                                                  larger quantities from the market ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas , in view of the difficulties described above,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     the main non-member countries which supply the
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                Community, including Chile, stated that they would
 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last               readjust their programmes for exports to the Commu­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                nity during the last few months of this marketing year
 particular Article 29 (2) thereof,                               by limiting their consignments to quantities lower
                                                                  than those normally exported during the same period
                                                                  in preceding years ;
 Whereas Community production of apples was about
 7 300 000 metric tons for the 1975/76 marketing year,
 one of the highest levels reached in recent years ;              Whereas, up to now, exports from those countries
 whereas this resulted in withdrawals at the end of May           have generally been effected at prices considerably
 amounting to about 700 000 metric tons, the largest              lower than those recorded last year ; whereas this price
 withdrawals of apples since the intervention system              trend, by increasing the possibilities of the substitu­
 was set up ;
                                                                  tion of imported apples for Community production, is
                                                                  likely to provoke an increase in imports from coun­
 Whereas, despite the extent of those withdrawals,                tries with substantial availabilities ;
 there are still stocks larger than those recorded at the
 same period of the 1973/74 marketing year during
 which the withdrawals effected in June totalled about            Whereas such a situation has already arisen in the
 40 000 metric tons ; whereas it may consequently be              case of Chile, whose consignments to the Community
 predicted that, for the present marketing year, a                 in April and May, effected at prices considerably lower
 surplus of at least equal size will be the subject of             than those of preceding years, have already largely
 intervention ;                                                    exceeded the quantity provided for in that country's
                                                                   export programme for the last few months of the
 Whereas during this marketing year the prices for                 marketing year ; whereas, despite the measures taken
 Community production have generally been lower                    by the Chilean Government to prevent the worsening
 than both the basic price and the producer prices                 of the situation, large consignments of Chilean apples
 recorded for the preceding marketing year ;                       initially intended for destinations other than the
                                                                   Community appear to have been forwarded to the
 Whereas considerable imports of apples into the                   Community market ;
 Community have generally been recorded in the
 second six months of the year ; whereas they consist
  mainly of newly harvested fruit ; whereas, however, the          Whereas the assessment        of the market situation
  two categories of product can , to a large extent, be            outlined above leads to       the conclusion that the
  readily substituted for one another ; whereas, therefore,        Community market is threatened, as a result of the
  imports from non-member countries during the                     imports of Chilean apples, with serious disturbances
                                                                   likely to endanger the objectives of Article 39 of the
 (') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 3 .                          Treaty ; whereas, in these circumstances, it is neces­
 (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p . 6.                               sary to suspend imports of apples originating in Chile
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until the end of the marketing period for dessert           II of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in
apples,                                                     Chile is suspended until 30 June 1976.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                    Article 2
                       Article 1
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The placing in free circulation within the Community        publication in the Official Journal of the European
of apples other than cider apples (subheading 08.06 A       Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 9 June 1976.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Patrick J. HILLERY
                                                                         Vice-President