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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 198 , 31 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 60 , 5 . 3 . 1980 , P . 16 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3159/80

OF 5 DECEMBER 1980

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE ISSUES OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED MUSHROOMS FROM KENYA

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 2021/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 547/80 OF 4 MARCH 1980 ( 3 ), RELAXED THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF PRESERVED MUSHROOMS BY ALLOWING LIMITED QUANTITIES OF THESE PRODUCTS TO BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY UNTIL 15 MAY 1980 ; WHEREAS SINCE 16 MAY 1980 THE IMPORTATION OF PRESERVED MUSHROOMS INTER ALIA FROM KENYA HAS BEEN REGULATED BY THE IMPORT LICENCE SYSTEM ALONE ;

WHEREAS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES FOR LARGE QUANTITIES OF PRESERVED MUSHROOMS FROM KENYA HAVE BEEN LODGED ; WHEREAS THESE QUANTITIES ARE VERY MUCH IN EXCESS OF THE NORMAL VOLUME OF IMPORTS FROM A MINOR SUPPLIER ;

WHEREAS THIS SITUATION IS SUCH THAT IMPORTS OF PRESERVED MUSHROOMS FROM KENYA THREATEN THE COMMUNITY MARKET WITH SERIOUS DISTURBANCES WHICH COULD JEOPARDIZE THE OBJECTIVES OF ARTICLE 39 OF THE TREATY ; WHEREAS , IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES SHOULD BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AND ALL PENDING APPLICATIONS REJECTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR PRESERVED MUSHROOMS WITHIN SUBHEADING 20.02 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , FROM KENYA , SHALL BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PERIOD 8 DECEMBER 1980 TO 31 JANUARY 1981 .

2 . APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES IN RESPECT OF THE SAME PRODUCTS , WHICH ARE BEING PROCESSED AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS REGULATION , SHALL BE REJECTED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 8 DECEMBER 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT