CELEX: 31976R0467
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 467/76 of 1 March 1976 fixing for purposes of application of the system of import licences for preserved mushrooms the percentage applicable to the reference quantity

2. 3 . 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 54/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 467/76
                                                         of 1 March 1976
               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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                referred to has led, in the case of cultivated mush­
Economic Community,                                                  rooms, to a certain recovery in the prices of Commu­
                                                                     nity and third country products and to a market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         decrease within the Community ;
865/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in products processed from fruit and                  Whereas in this situation the percentage applicable to
vegetables (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  the reference quantity for imports of preserved culti­
                                                                    vated mushrooms from        third countries should be
No 1420/75 (2),
                                                                     increased while ensuring that the Community market
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         does not undergo serious disturbances due to these
1927/75 of 22 July 1975 concerning the system of                     imports,
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                 With effect from 1 January 1976 applications for
applicable to imports of preserved mushrooms from                    import licences made in accordance with the provi­
third countries ; whereas for this purpose the Regula­               sions of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74
tion set up machinery for restricting imports by                     shall be granted in respect of an amount equal to
means of a system of import licences ;                               whichever is the lower of (i) the amount specified in
                                                                     the application and (ii) in the case of preserved wild
Whereas by Article 2 (2) of the abovementioned Regu­                 mushrooms the reference quantity as defined in
lation the Commission is responsible for assessing the               Article 3 of that Regulation, or in the case of
situation and for deciding on the quantities of                      preserved cultivated mushrooms, 40 % of that refer­
products for which import licences are to be issued,                 ence quantity.
by fixing a percentage to be applied to the reference
quantity of each applicant ;                                                                Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1918 /75                      Regulation (EEC) No 1918/75 is hereby repealed
of 25 July 1975 (6) fixed the percentage applicable to
the reference quantity for imports from third coun­                                         Article 3
tries which do not fulfil the conditions of Article 1 (4)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 at 25 % and 100 %                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
respectively of the reference quantity as defined in                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
Article 3 of the Regulation, according to whether the                the European Communities.
preserves are of cultivated or wild mushrooms ;                      It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 March 1976 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 ») OJ  No L  153,   1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
 2) OJ  No L  141 ,  3 . 6. 1975, p . 1 .
 >) OJ  No L   198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p . 7.
 4) OJ  No L  218,   9. 8 . 1974, p. 54.
 ') OJ  No L  254,   1 . 10 . 1975, p. 42.
 6) OJ  No L  195,   26. 7. 1975, p. 20 .