31975R1918

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 Whereas import of the quantities for which licences and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) have been applied for in the Member States would No 1 420 /75 (2 ); 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 .

26 . 7 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 195/21

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