CELEX: 31975R0460
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 460/75 of the Commission of 26 February 1975 laying down protective measures in respect of the import of certain fishery products

27 . 2 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 51 / 15
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 460/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 26 February 1975
              laying down protective measures in respect of the import of certain fishery
                                                          products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  is reason to believe that this price will fall even lower <
COMMUNITIES,                                                    in the near future ; whereas France has approximately     <
                                                                 12 000 metric tons of tunny in stock at present ;        i
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           whereas this stock represents a quarter of annual         i
Economic Community ;                                            French production and the increased volume of
                                                                imports will make it much more difficult to dispose
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    of ;
2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­
ization of the market in fishery products, as last              Whereas the Commission , in the light of the informa­
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/74 (2), and in             tion at present at its disposal, which it has used in
particular Article 20 (2) thereof ;                             assessing the market situation of all the products in
                                                                 respect of which France has taken interim protective
Whereas on 25 February 1975 the French Republic                  measures, considers that the French market in frozen
notified the interim protective measures it has taken           cod and in tunny for the canning industry is expe­
in respect of the import of saltwater fish originating in        riencing, by reason of imports, serious disturbances
third countries ;                                               which may endanger the objectives of Article 39 of
                                                                the Treaty ; whereas in these circumstances it is neces­
Whereas France produces an average of 18 000 metric              sary to take protective measures in respect of these
tons of frozen cod fillets per year ; whereas in 1974            products ; whereas to this end imports of the said
only part of this production could be marketed ,                 products into France should be suspended for a rela­
mainly because the major consumer markets were                   tively short period ;
already saturated ;
                                                                 Whereas according to information at present available
Whereas "during the past year, imports into France               the market situation in other parts of the Community
from third countries of fillets of frozen hake , a
                                                                 is not such as to call for special measures ; whereas,
product which may be substituted for frozen cod , have           therefore, the protective measures should apply only
increased considerably compared with previous years ;            to imports into France,
whereas , in view of the saturation of the world market,
imports of frozen hake can be expected to remain at
their present level, at least for the next few weeks ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas over the past few months the prices for
frozen cod on the French market have fallen sharply,
largely because of increased imports of frozen hake ;
whereas, moreover, prices for the latter product are                                     A rtidc 1
lower than those recorded last year ;
                                                                 The placing in free circulation in Fiance of :
Whereas approximately 1 1 000 metric tons of frozen
cod fillets are at present in storage in France ; whereas        — tunny for the industrial manufacture of products
market prices can therefore be expected to fall even                  falling within heading No 16.04 (subheading 03.01
more sharply over the next few weeks, since the                       B 1 c) 1 of the Common Customs Tariff),
demand for this product is limited ;
                                                                 — frozen hake fillets (subheading ex 03.01 B II b) 7
                                                                      of the Common Customs Tariff),
Whereas since the beginning of 1975 France has
imported from third countries approximately 2 000                originating in third countries shall be temporarily
metric tons of tunny for the canning industry, while              prohibited for the period 27 February to 17 March
its annual imports over the past few years amounted               1 975 .
to 6 000 metric tons on average ;
Whereas these latest imports have been effected at a                                      /1 /' tide 2
price approximately 20 % lower than the price of the
French product , which fell as a result ; whereas there
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(') OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p . 5 .                         publication in the Official Joiinul of tin l:iirojn\in
H OJ No L 288 , 25 . 10 . 1974, p . 3 .                           C.omnmnitit s.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 26 February 1975.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission