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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 341 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1203/80

OF 13 MAY 1980

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

THE COUNCIL 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 LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2999/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 13 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 10 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 INTRODUCES A SYSTEM OF IMPORT CERTIFICATES FOR CERTAIN SENSITIVE PRODUCTS MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO MONITOR THE SHORT-TERM FORESEEABLE IMPORT TREND ; WHEREAS SUCH CERTIFICATES ARE ISSUED TO ANY INTERESTED PARTY WHO APPLIES FOR ONE , PROVIDED THAT A SECURITY IS LODGED GUARANTEEING THE UNDERTAKING TO EFFECT CERTAIN IMPORTS FOR AS LONG AS THE CERTIFICATE IS VALID ;

WHEREAS CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES UNDERTOOK TO MONITOR THE VOLUME OF THEIR EXPORTS OF PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT , DESPITE THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THOSE THIRD COUNTRIES , DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE HAVE ARISEN ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION , IT IS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT SUCH DEFLECTIONS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 10 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 , IN THE EVENT OF IMPORTS OF PRESERVED CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.02 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF WHICH ORIGINATE IN A THIRD COUNTRY WHICH HAS UNDERTAKEN TO MONITOR ITS EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY , THE ISSUE OF THE IMPORT CERTIFICATE MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE PRODUCTION OF A DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EXPORTING THIRD COUNTRY OR ON ITS RESPONSIBILITY .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE DECIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 20 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 516/77 :

- THE ORIGIN TO WHICH PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL APPLY ;

- THE DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING THIS REGULATION .

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 , 13 MAY 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

A . BISAGLIA