31978R2186

No L 258/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 9 . 78

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2186/78 of 19 September 1978 suspending the application of indicative ceilings established by Regulation (EEC) No 702/78 for the imports of certain products originating in Portugal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Community should suspend application for 1978 of COMMUNITIES, the ceiling valid for imports of the products in ques­ tion ; whereas, however, it is desirable to keep under Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European review the development of these imports by statistical Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 supervision, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, pursuant to Protocol 1 annexed to the Agree­ Article 1 ment between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Portugal, the Community has, by The application of the indicative ceiling established Regulation (EEC) No 702/78 ( !), established the indica­ by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 702/78 shall be tive ceilings applicable in 1978 to imports of certain suspended during 1978 for the imports of the products originating in that country ; whereas provi­ products indicated under Order No I P 1 1 of Annex I sion is made under the said Protocol that if, for two to the said Regulation. successive years, imports of a product subject to a ceiling are less than 90 % of the amount fixed, the These imports shall remain under Community supervi­ sion . Community shall suspend the application of this ceiling ; Article 2 Whereas the Communities' statistical summaries for 1976 and 1977 show that imports of certain products This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day which are subject to a ceiling have not reached 90 % following its publication in the Official Journal of of the ceiling indicated ; whereas, therefore, the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 1978 . t For the Council

The President

H.-D. GENSCHER

0 ) OJ No L 102, 14. 4. 1978 , p. 21 .