CELEX: 31976R3096
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3096/76 of 17 December 1976 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 laying down protective measures applicable to imports of preserved mushrooms

No L 348 /26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          18 . 12. 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3096/76
                                                        of 17 December 1976
               repealing Regulation ( EEC) No 2107/74 laying down protective measures appli­
                                            cable to imports of preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, as part of the protective measures, Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion (EEC) No 2107/74 provided for a system of
                                                                     import licences ; whereas the validity of the licences
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                granted for this quarter expires on 31 December
Economic Community,                                                   1976 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       Whereas, during the period of application of the
865/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization                    protective measures, this system of import licences
of the market in products processed from fruit and                   replaced the system of import licences introduced by
vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1927/75 ; whereas,
 No 11 64/76 (2),                                                    in order to ensure the continuity of imports, the date
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        for the reintroduction of this system of import
 1927/75 of 22 July 1975 concerning the system of                    licences should be fixed by reference to, the time
trade with third countries in the market in products                 required for the issue of the licences,
processed from fruit and vegetables (3), and in parti­
cular Article 7 (2) thereof,                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the Commission found in August 1974 that,
                                                                                            Article 1
as a result of the large-scale importation of preserved
mushrooms from non-member countries at prices                        Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 is hereby repealed with
substantially lower than the production cost to the                  effect from 1 January 1977.
Community industry, the Community market was
threatened with serious disturbances likely to                                              Article 2
endanger the objectives set out in Article 39 of the
Treaty ; whereas, in order to deal with this situation ,             The system of import licences laid down in Article 4
the Commission adopted, by means of Regulation                       of Regulation (EEC) No 1927/75 shall apply to
(EEC) No 2107/74 of 8 August 1974 (4), as last                       preserved mushrooms with effect from 27 December
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 407/76 (5), protec­                 1976 .
tive measures applicable to imports of the products in
question ;                                                                                  Article 3
Whereas the situation which gave rise to these protec­               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
tive measures in coming to an end ; whereas the above­               following its publication in the Official Journal of
mentioned Regulation should therefore be repealed ;                   the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 December 1976 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No L  153 , 1 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 .
(•!) OJ No L  135,  24 . 5 . 1976 , p. 38 .
(3 ) OJ No L  198 , 29 . 7 . 1975, p . 7 .
(4 ) OJ No L  218 , 9 . 8 . 1974, p . 54 .
(5 ) OJ No L  158 , 19 . 6 . 1976, p. 25 .