Council Regulation (EEC) No 1470/80 of 9 June 1980 on the safeguard measures provided for in the second ACP-EEC Convention

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1470/80  of 9 June 1980  on the safeguard measures provided for in the second ACP-EEC Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the detailed rules for implementing the safeguard clauses provided for in Chapter 1 of Title I of the second ACP-EEC Convention signed in LomĂŠ on 31 October 1979 (hereinafter called "the Convention") should be such as to enable the Community and the Member States to comply with the obligations they have assumed in this connection;
Whereas this Regulation lays down specific provisions in relation to the general rules provided for in particular in Council Regulation (EEC) No 926/79 of 8 May 1979 on common rules for imports (1) in so far as this is made necessary by the provisions of the Convention;
Whereas, when examining whether a safeguard measure should be introduced, account should be taken of the undertakings given in Articles 12 (2) (3) and (4) and 15 of the Convention and in the Community declaration on Article 12 (3);
Whereas the procedures concerning the safeguard clauses provided for in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in the Regulations on the common organization of agricultural markets are also applicable;
Whereas these provisions replace those of Council Regulation (EEC) No 157/76 of 20 January 1976 on the safeguard measures provided for in the ACP-EEC Convention of LomĂŠ (2),