CELEX: 31976R1019
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1019/76 of 30 April 1976 suspending imports of fresh or chilled cod

No L 115/64                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 5. 76
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1019/76
                                                     of 30 April 1976
                                      suspending imports of fresh or chilled cod
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  ence prices ; whereas this is likely to have an adverse
COMMUNITIES,                                                    effect on the measures taken to stabilize Community
                                                                markets ; whereas, in order to prevent disturbances as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           a result of abnormally low prices, imports of the
Economic Community,                                             products in question should be suspended,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fishery products ( J), and in parti­      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cular the third subparagraph of Article 19 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76                                    Article 1
provides inter alia that, where the entry price for a
given product imported from any third country is                 1 . All Community imports of fresh or chilled cod
lower than the reference price, then, in the case of the        falling within subheading 03.01 B I h) 1 of the
products listed in Annex I (A), imports may be                  Common Customs Tariff are hereby suspended.
suspended or restricted to specified qualities, forms of        2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to imports of
presentation or end uses ;                                      products which comply with the reference prices set
                                                                out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3373/75
of 23 December 1975 (2), fixed inter alia the refer­
ence price for cod listed in Annex I (A) to Regulation                                  Article 2
(EEC) No 100/76 for the 1976 fishing year ;
                                                                The items to be taken into account in determining
Whereas Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76            whether an import complies with the reference price
provides that, for products in respect of which a refer­         as referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be as follows :
ence price is fixed, there shall be established an entry
price, based on the lowest prices recorded for one and          (a) the    free-at-Community     frontier price, before
the same marketing stage on representative import                    customs clearance ;
markets or in representative ports of import, reduced            (b) unloading costs.
by an amount equal to any customs duties and
charges levied on these products and by the cost of
                                                                                        Article 3
transporting the product from these markets or ports
to Community frontier crossing points ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas in the case of fresh or chilled cod, the entry           following its publication in the Official Journal of
prices are apparently far below the level of the refer­          the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 April 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 333, 30 . 12. 1975, p. 37 .
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                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                               Price
              CCT heading No                    Description of goods
                                                                                      (u.a ./metric ton net)
          03.01 B I h) 1     Cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias), fresh or chilled          355