31977R1274

15 . 6 . 77 No L 147/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1274/77 of 14 June 1977 discontinuing prematurely the accession compensatory amounts for pigmeat in order to prevent trade distortions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the lard market, unlike the other products of COMMUNITIES, the pigmeat sector, has its own . special characteristics, which have led to the adoption of Article 3 (2) of Having regard to the Treaty of Accession ('), Regulation (EEC) No 2770/75 ; whereas those charac­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No teristics require that the application of the measure 2770/75 of 19 October 1975 laying down general provided for in the present Regulation be delayed in rules for the system of accession compensatory respect of that product, while this is not necessary for amounts for pigmeat (2), and in particular Article 8 ( 1 ) the other products, particularly in view of the fact that and (2) thereof, the announcement of the new measure has already been widely publicized by the Commission ; Whereas the calculation of the accession compensa­ tory amounts for pigmeat to be applied in trade with Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1 August 1977 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ results in a minimal amount within the meaning of ment Committee for Pigmeat, Article 55 (4) of the Act of Accession ; whereas no compensatory amounts should therefore be fixed ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, however, if on the date when those amounts would normally be reduced, they were to be suddenly Article 1 discontinued, the resultant sharp change in the amounts applicable in trade between the Community The accession compensatory amounts for pigmeat are as originally constituted and the new Member States, hereby discontinued . and between those States and third countries , would tend to encourage artificial trade with a view to Article 2 profiting from such change ; whereas, in order to avoid such trade distortions, particularly in the present Regulation (EEC) No 1786/76 is hereby repealed. situation , where the market is under strain and there­ fore sensitive to every influence , the amounts should Article 3 be discontinued prematurely ; Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1786/76 This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June of 23 July 1976 fixing the accession compensatory 1977. As regards products of subheading 15.01 A, it amounts for pigmeat (3) should therefore be repealed ; shall apply with effect from 1 August 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 June 1977 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (2 ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 46 . (3 ) OJ No L 199 , 24. 7 . 1976, p. 27 .