31976R3096

No L 348 / 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 12 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3096/76 of 17 December 1976 repealing Regulation ( EEC) No 2107/74 laying down protective measures appli­ cable to imports of preserved mushrooms

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, as part of the protective measures, Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 2107/74 provided for a system of import licences ; whereas the validity of the licences Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European granted for this quarter expires on 31 December Economic Community, 1976 ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas, during the period of application of the 865/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization protective measures, this system of import licences of the market in products processed from fruit and replaced the system of import licences introduced by vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1927/75 ; whereas, No 11 64/ 76 (2 ), in order to ensure the continuity of imports, the date Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No for the reintroduction of this system of import 1927/ 75 of 22 July 1975 concerning the system of licences should be fixed by reference to, the time trade with third countries in the market in products required for the issue of the licences, processed from fruit and vegetables (3), and in parti­ cular Article 7 (2) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the Commission found in August 1974 that, Article 1 as a result of the large-scale importation of preserved mushrooms from non-member countries at prices Regulation (EEC) No 2107/74 is hereby repealed with substantially lower than the production cost to the effect from 1 January 1977. Community industry, the Community market was threatened with serious disturbances likely to Article 2 endanger the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty ; whereas, in order to deal with this situation , The system of import licences laid down in Article 4 the Commission adopted , by means of Regulation of Regulation (EEC) No 1927/75 shall apply to (EEC) No 2107/74 of 8 August 1974 (4), as last preserved mushrooms with effect from 27 December amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 407/76 (5), protec­ 1976 . tive measures applicable to imports of the products in question ; Article 3 Whereas the situation which gave rise to these protec­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tive measures in coming to an end ; whereas the above­ following its publication in the Official Journal of mentioned Regulation should therefore be repealed ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1976 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 . (•!) OJ No L 135, 24 . 5 . 1976 , p. 38 . (3 ) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7 . 1975, p . 7 . (4 ) OJ No L 218 , 9 . 8 . 1974, p . 54 . (5 ) OJ No L 158 , 19 . 6 . 1976, p. 25 .