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( 1 ) OJ NO L 73 , 21 . 3 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 144 , 31 . 5 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 139 , 26 . 5 . 1978 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1307/78

OF 15 JUNE 1978

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 AS REGARDS PROTECTIVE MEASURES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF PRESERVED NON-CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 OF 14 MARCH 1977 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ( 1 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1152/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 OF 25 MAY 1978 ( 3 ), ADOPTED PROTECTIVE MEASURES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF PRESERVED MUSHROOMS ;

WHEREAS AT PRESENT OFFERS FROM THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER THIRD COUNTRIES RELATE ALMOST ENTIRELY TO PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS ; WHEREAS THE OFFER PRICES FOR PRESERVED NON-CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS ;

WHEREAS IMPORTS OF PRESERVED NON-CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS DO NOT THEREFORE THREATEN THE COMMUNITY MARKET IN PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS WITH SERIOUS DISTURBANCES WHICH COULD JEOPARDIZE THE OBJECTIVES OF ARTICLE 39 OF THE TREATY ;

WHEREAS THE SAFEGUARD MEASURES REFERRED TO ABOVE SHOULD THEREFORE BE LIMITED TO PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS ; WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS :

' 1 . THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS ( SUBHEADING EX 20.02 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ) IS HEREBY SUSPENDED . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 JUNE 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT