31988R1040

- 21 . 4 . 88 No L 102/23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1040/88 of 20 April 1988 fixing quantities of imports of dessert apples originating in third countries and amending Regulation (EEC) No 962/88 suspending the issue of import licences for dessert apples originating in Chile

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, be taken in respect of imports from such countries by providing for the suspension of the issue of licences once applications for licences for dessert apples originating in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European various countries exceed an overall quantity which takes Economic Community, account of a reasonable increase in imports over the average quantity imported in the last three years ;

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas that quantity must be divided fairly between the Portugal, various countries concerned ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas quantities in import licences applied for in of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the respect of Chile exceed the reference quantity ; whereas the issue of import licences for dessert apples from that market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 824/88 _(2), and in particular Article country should accordingly continue to be suspended 29 (2) thereof, until the end of the 1988 importing year,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2707/72 (3) lays down the conditions for applying protective measures for fruit and vegetables ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 346/88 (4) as Article 1 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /88 (*), introduces special surveillance of imports of dessert apples from third countries : The issue of import licences for dessert apples covered by CN codes 0808 10 91 , 0808 10 93 and 0808 10 99 is hereby suspended until the end of August 1988 where the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 962/88 (6), as quantities in respect of which import licences are applied amended by Regulation (EEC) No 984/88 Q, suspends the for exceed the following, less the quantities for import issue of import licences for dessert apples originating in licences not used or partly used : Chile from 18 to 29 April 1988 ; South Africa : 166 000 tonnes, New Zealand : 115 000 tonnes, Whereas, since the existence of substantial stocks and Australia : 11 000 tonnes, withdrawals and of prices considerably lower than those 70 000 tonnes, Argentina : in the previous marketing year on the markets of the Chile : 142 131 tonnes, main producer countries is a feature of the market for Other countries 17 600 tonnes . dessert apples in the Community, quantities imported from third countries and in particular from southern hemisphere countries substantially exceeding the traditional quantity of imports into the Community Article 2 threaten to cause serious disturbance of the market such as to jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the EEC In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 962/88 , '29 April Treaty and in particular to cause serious injury to 1988' is hereby replaced by '31 August 1988 '. Community producers ; whereas, on account of those critical circumstances, protective measures must urgently

(') OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . Article 3 (2) OJ No L 85, 30 . 3 . 1988, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 3 . (4) OJ N6 L 34, 6. 2. 1988, p. 21 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 0 OJ No L 87, 31 . 3 . 1988 , p. 73. (6) OJ No L 95, 13 . 4. 1988, p. 10. publication in the Official Journal of the European 0 OJ No L 98 , 15. 4. 1988, p. 37. Communities.

21 . 4. 88 No L 102/24 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President