31976R1019

No L 115/64 1 . 5 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1019/76 of 30 April 1976 suspending imports of fresh or chilled cod

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ence prices ; whereas this is likely to have an adverse COMMUNITIES, effect on the measures taken to stabilize Community markets ; whereas, in order to prevent disturbances as Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European a result of abnormally low prices, imports of the Economic Community, products in question should be suspended, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion of the market in fishery products ( J), and in parti­ cular the third subparagraph of Article 19 (6) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 provides inter alia that, where the entry price for a 1 . All Community imports of fresh or chilled cod given product imported from any third country is falling within subheading 03.01 B I h) 1 of the lower than the reference price, then, in the case of the Common Customs Tariff are hereby suspended. products listed in Annex I (A), imports may be suspended or restricted to specified qualities, forms of 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to imports of presentation or end uses ; products which comply with the reference prices set out in the Annex hereto . Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3373/75 of 23 December 1975 (2), fixed inter alia the refer­ ence price for cod listed in Annex I (A) to Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1976 fishing year ; The items to be taken into account in determining Whereas Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 whether an import complies with the reference price provides that, for products in respect of which a refer­ as referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be as follows : ence price is fixed, there shall be established an entry price, based on the lowest prices recorded for one and (a) the free-at-Community frontier price, before the same marketing stage on representative import customs clearance ; markets or in representative ports of import, reduced (b) unloading costs. by an amount equal to any customs duties and charges levied on these products and by the cost of Article 3 transporting the product from these markets or ports to Community frontier crossing points ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas in the case of fresh or chilled cod, the entry following its publication in the Official Journal of prices are apparently far below the level of the refer­ the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1976. For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(>) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 333, 30 . 12. 1975, p. 37 .

1 . 5 . 76 No L 115/65 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

Price CCT heading No Description of goods (u.a ./metric ton net)

03.01 B I h) 1 Cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarias), fresh or chilled 355