CELEX: 31975R1918
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1918/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 fixing for purposes of application of the system of import licences for preserved mushrooms the percentage applicable to the reference quantity

No L 195/20                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            26 . 7 . 75
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 1918 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 25 July 1975
                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                                         whether the preserves are of cultivated or of wild
COMMUNITIES,                                                           mushrooms ;
                                                                       Whereas application of the protective measures under
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the conditions defined in the Regulations referred to
Economic Community ;                                                   has not led to an improvement in the situation in the
                                                                       Community market for preserved cultivated mush­
                                                                       rooms, this market being characterized by the contin­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          ued existence of large stocks of Community products ;
865/68 (') of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in products processed from fruit
and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)                   Whereas import of the quantities for which licences
No 1 420/75 (2);                                                       have been applied for in the Member States would
                                                                       risk aggravating this situation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas, therefore, to permit of an improvement in
 1427/71 (3) of 2 July 1971 introducing protective                     the Community market it appears necessary to adjust
measures for products processed from fruit and vegeta­                 the percentage applicable to the reference quantity for
bles, and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof ;                        imports of preserved cultivated mushrooms from third
                                                                       countries ; whereas, on the other hand, the percentage
                                                                       applicable to preserved wild mushrooms can be main­
Whereas        Commission             Regulation      (EEC)   No       tained at its present level
2107/74 (4 ) of 8 August 1974, as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2587/74 (5 ), laid down protective
 measures applicable to imports of preserved mush­
rooms from third countries ; whereas for this purpose
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the Regulation set up machinery for restricting
imports by means of a system of import licences ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the abovemen­
tioned Regulation the Commission is responsible for
assessing the situation and for deciding on the quanti­                With effect from 28 July 1975 applications for import
ties of products for which import licences are to be                   licences made in accordance with the provisions of
 issued, fixing a percentage to be applied to each appli­              Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 shall be
cant's reference quantity ; whereas such assessment                    granted in respect of an amount equal to whichever is
and decision must be based primarily on notifications                  the lower of ( i) the amount specified in the applica­
by Member States giving the quantities in respect of                   tion and (ii) in the case of preserved wild mushrooms
which licences have been applied for ;                                 the reference quantity as defined in Article 3 of that
                                                                       Regulation , or in the case of preserved cultivated
                                                                       mushrooms 25 % of that reference quantity.
Whereas        Commission             Regulation      (EEC)   No
2266/74 (6) of 30 August 1974 fixed the percentage
applicable to the reference quantity for imports from                                          Article 2
third countries which do not fulfil the conditions of
Article 1 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2107/74 at 50 %
and 100% respectively of the reference quantity as                     Regulation ( EEC) No 2266/ 74 is hereby repealed .
defined in Article 3 of the Regulation , according to
(')  OJ No   L 15.5 , 1 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
                                                                                               Article 3
(J ) OI No  L  141 ,  3 . 6 . 1975, p. 1 .
(-') OJ No  L  151 ,  7 . 7 . 1971 , p. 5 .
(4 ) OJ No  I. 218 ,  9 . 8 . 1974, p. 54 .
(5)  OJ No  L  276,   11 . 10 . 1974, p . 30 .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July
(o)  OJ No  L  239 ,  31 . 8 . 1974, p . 52 .                          1 975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission