31988R0962

No L 95/ 10 13 . 4. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 962/88

of 12 April 1988

suspending the issue of import licences for dessert apples originating in Chile

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, urgently taken in respect of imports of such products by suspending the issue of import licences for the period Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European necessary for oa review of the overall situation on the Economic Community, market for dessert apples ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas, since the period of validity of import licences of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the has been fixed so as to cover amply the dispatch of market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by dessert apples to the Community and to permit the Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 (2), and in particular Article operators to obtain import licences before the ships 29 (2) thereof, depart, no account should be taken of goods being Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2707/72 (3) lays transported to the Community other than those for which down the conditions for applying protective measures for import licences have been issued, fruit and vegetables ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 346/88 (4), as HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /88 (f), introduces special surveillance of imports of dessert apples from third countries ; Article 1

Whereas at present applications for import licences for 1 . For the period from 15 to 22 April 1988, the isue of " dessert apples originating in Chile exceed the traditional import licences for dessert apples covered by CN codes quantity of imports of such products originating in that 0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93 and 0808 10 99 originating in country ; Chile is hereby suspended. Whereas, since the existence of substantial stocks and 2. Applications pending on 18 April 1988 for import withdrawals and of prices considerably lower than those licences for those products shall be rejected and the in the previous marketing year on the markets of the relevant securities immediately released. main producer countries is a features of the Community market for dessert apples, the continuation of such imports could lead to serious disturbance of the market Article 2 such as to jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the EEC Treaty and in particular to cause serious injury to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Community producers ; whereas, on account of these publication in the Official Journal of the European critical circumstances, protective measures must be Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 April 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

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