CELEX: 31970R1527
Language: en
Date: 1970-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1527/70 of the Council of 20 July 1970 on the protective measures provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel

Official Journal of the European Communities                                          267
No L 183/218                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                      17.8.70
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 1527/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 20 July 1970
               on the protective measures provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic
                                               Community and the State of Israel
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                      Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               1 . Without prejudice to the application of Article 1 , the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                  Commission may authorize the Member State to take
thereof;                                                           protective measures in order to remedy the disturbances
                                                                   or difficulties mentioned in Article 1 1 of the Agreement.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                                   Such measures and the Decision of the Commission
                                                                   shall be notified to all Member States.
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the State of Israel was signed at Luxem­
bourg on 29 June 1970;                                             2. In urgent cases, the Member State or States con­
                                                                   corned may introduce quantitative restrictions on im­
Whereas the procedures to be followed for implementing             ports. They shall immediately notify the Commission
the protective clauses of the Treaty establishing the              and the other Member States of these measures.
European Economic Community are laid down in that
Treaty;                                                            The Commission shall, as a matter of urgency and with­
                                                                   in five working days from the notification referred to in
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the detailed rules for         the first subparagraph, decide whether these measures
application of the protective clause of Article 1 1 of the         shall be maintained, amended or repealed.
Agreement,
                                                                   The Decision of the Commission shall be notified to all
                                                                   Member States. It shall be given effect forthwith.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   3. The Decision of the Commission may be referred to
                         Article 1
                                                                   the Council by any Member State within 10 working
                                                                   days following its notification. The Council shall meet
1 . The Commission may, at the request of a Member                 without delay. It may, acting by a qualified majority,
State or on its own initiative, decide to apply to products        amend or repeal the Decision of the Commission.
originating in Israel the protective measures which the
Community is entitled to take under Article 1 1 of the             Where a Member State which has taken measures in
Agreement between the European Economic Commu­                     accordance with paragraph 2 refers the matter to the
nity   and the State of Israel (hereinafter            called      Council, the Decision of the Commission shall be sus­
 the Agreement); in particular the Commission may                  pended. If the Council does not amend or repeal the De­
 temporarily withdraw all or part of the tariff and other          cision of the Commission within 30 days of the matter
 concessions granted to Israel by the Community.                   being referred to it, the suspension shall then be lifted.
The protective measures shall be communicated to the               4. In applying this Article, preference shall be given to
Member States and shall be immediately applicable. If              such measures as will least disturb the functioning of the
the Commission receives a request from a Member State,             common market.
it shall take a Decision thereon within three working
days following receipt of the request.
                                                                                              Article 3
2. The measures decided upon by the Commission may                  1 . The Commission, before deciding to apply protective
be referred to the Council by any Member State within              measures on the basis of Article 1(1) and (2), or author­
ten working days following the day on which they were              izing a Member State to take such measures, or pron­
communicated. The Council shall meet without delay. It             ouncing on the measures taken by the Member State or
may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or repeal the           States concerned pursuant to Article 2 ( 1), shall enter
measures in question.                                              into consultations.
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2. The consultations shall be held in an advisory com­             markets. Article 2 shall not' apply to products coining
mittee consisting of representatives of each Member                within the scope of those Regulations:
State and presided over by a representative of the Com­
mission.
3. The Committee shall meet when convened by its                                             Article 6
Chairman. He shall provide the Member States, as                   The notification by the Community provided for in Ar­
promptly as possible, with all relevant information.               ticle 11 (2) of the Agreement shall be given to the
                                                                   Joint Committee by the Commission.
                         Article 4
Articles 1 and 2 shall not prejudice the application of the                         r
protective clauses as laid down in the Treaty, and in par­                                    Article 7
ticular in Articles 108 and 109 thereof.
                                                                   The provisions of Article 2 (2) and (3) shall remain in
                                                                   force until 31 December 1972.
                         Article 5
                                                                   Before that date the Council shall, acting, by a qualified
This Regulation shall not preclude the full application of         majority on a proposal from the Commission, decide on
Regulations on the common organization of agricultural             any amendments to be.made thereto. ~ .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States;
              Done at Brussels, 20 July 1970.
                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
                                                                                                    W. SCHEEL