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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 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 120 , 16 . 5 . 1979 , P . 14 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1525/79

OF 20 JULY 1979

AMENDING FOR THE THIRD TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 ADOPTING PROTECTIVE MEASURES APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF PRESERVED 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 PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM 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 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 951/79 ( 4 ), SUSPENDED THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED MUSHROOMS ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE SAID REGULATION , THIS PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES WHICH ARE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY DO NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN LEVEL ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 OF THE SAID REGULATION ENABLED PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID ARTICLE 2 ;

WHEREAS , ON ACCOUNT OF THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED MUSHROOMS FROM THAT COUNTRY , THE COMMISSION IS BOUND TO RECORD THAT THE CONDITIONS FOR NON-APPLICATION OF THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THOSE PRESERVES INTO THE COMMUNITY ARE NO LONGER FULFILLED ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 SHOULD THEREFORE BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1102/78 IS HEREBY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED .

2 . APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED MUSHROOMS ( SUBHEADING EX 20.02 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ) PENDING ON THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE REFUSED .

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 , 20 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT