31977R2869

No L 330/ 22 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12. 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2869/77 of 22 December 1977 adopting protective measures applicable to imports of onions from Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of the marketing year and of supplies in Poland, a COMMUNITIES , further marked drop in prices on the Irish market and difficulties in the sale of domestic production are to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European be feared ; Economic Community, Whereas the assessment of the market situation, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No broadly outlined above, leads to the conclusion that 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization the Irish market, as a result of imports of onions from of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last Poland, is experiencing grave disturbances likely to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in endanger the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty ; particular Article 29 (2) thereof, whereas it is necessary under these conditions to intro­ Whereas Ireland requested the Commission on 19 duce a protective measure in respect of these imports ; December 1977 to take protective measures against Whereas information currently available does not imports of onions bound for the Irish market ; make it possible to assess whether markets in other whereas this application was supplemented on 20 Community regions are, as a result of imports, in a December 1977 by additional data ; situation requiring the application of protective Whereas production in Ireland has risen substantially measures ; whereas, consequently, these measures during the current marketing year ; should be limited to imports of Polish onions into Ireland, Whereas imports of onions into Ireland since the month of November 1977 substantially exceed those carried out during the same months as previous years ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas this increase is due, almost entirely to products from Poland which are appearing on the Article 1 Irish market for the first time ; whereas the prices of such imports are much lower than those recorded for The placing in free circulation in Ireland of onions, imported onions in previous years ; fresh or chilled , (subheading ex 07.01 H of the Common Customs Tariff) originating in Poland shall Whereas according to the information available , be suspended from 28 December 1977. substantial quantities of Polish onions may be imported into Ireland during the coming months ; Article 2 Whereas, in recent months, prices have dropped appre­ ciably on the Irish market because of the substantial This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its volume both of Irish production and of the imports publication in the Official Journal of the European referred to above ; whereas in view of the development Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 22 December 1977 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p. 1 .