CELEX: 31976R1251
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1251/76 of 26 May 1976 suspending imports of fresh and chilled cod

27 . 5 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 139/47
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1251 /76
                                                          of 26 May 1976
                                         suspending imports of fresh and chilled cod
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1019/76 can therefore be
COMMUNITIES,                                                        relaxed by applying the conversion factors set out in
                                                                    Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1109/71 of 28 May 1971 on detailed rules for deter­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    mining the entry price for certain fishery products (4),
Economic Community,
                                                                    as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3374/75 (5) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
tion of the market in fishery products ('), in particular            ment Committee for Fishery Products,
Article 19 (6) thereof,
whereas Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provides inter alia that where the entry price for a
given product imported from any third country is
lower than the reference price, then , in the case of the                                       Article 1
products listed in Annex I (A), imports may be
suspended or restricted to specified qualities, forms of
                                                                     1.     All Community imports of fresh or chilled cod
presentation or end uses ;
                                                                     falling within subheading 03.01 B I h) 1 of the
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff are hereby suspended .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3373/75
of 23 December 1975 (2 ) fixed inter alia the reference              2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to imports of
prices for cod listed in Annex I (A) to Regulation                   products which, taking into account the conversion
(EEC) No 100/76 for the 1976 fishing year ;                          factors listed in Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                     1109/71 , comply with the price given in the Annex
                                                                     hereto .
Whereas Article 19 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 100 /76
provides that, for products in respect of which a refer­
ence price is fixed, an entry price is to be established                                         Article 2
based on the lowest prices recorded for one and the
same marketing stage on representative import
markets or in representative ports of import, reduced                The items to be taken into account in determining
by an amount equal to the customs duties and charges                 whether an import complies with the price referred to
                                                                     in Article 1 (2) shall be as follows :
levied on the products and by the cost of transporting
the products from those markets or ports to Commu­                   (a) the    free-at-Community          frontier price, before
nity frontier crossing points ;                                           customs clearance ;
                                                                     (b) unloading costs.
Whereas by Regulation ( EEC) No 1019/76 (3) the
Commission suspended, between regular meetings of
the management committee, all imports of fresh or                                               Article 3
chilled cod into the Community, in view of the fact
that for the entry prices those products were far below              Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1019/76 of 30
the level of the reference prices and that this was                  April 1976 suspending imports of fresh or chilled cod,
likely to have an adverse effect on the measures taken               is hereby repealed .
to stabilize Community markets ;
                                                                                                 Article 4
Whereas, despite the fact that supplies from non­
member countries may still cause disturbances, there
has been a slight improvement in the situation on the                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
relevant markets ; whereas the measures adopted in                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                     the European Communities.
(') OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 333 , 30 . 12. 1975 , p . 37 .                          (4 ) OJ No L 117 , 29 . 5 . 1971 , p . 18 .
(3 ) OJ No L 115, 1 . 5 . 1976, p . 64 .                             (5 ) OJ No L 333 , 30 . 12. 1975, p . 41 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 26 May 1976.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                     ANNEX
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                  CCT                                                                            Price
                 heading                         Description of goods                        (u.a./ metric
                   No                                                                          ton net)
            03.01 B I h ) 1 Cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías), fresh or chilled             355
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