80/776/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1980 authorizing the United Kingdom to take intra-Community surveillance measures in respect of imports of bananas originating in certain non-member countries and put into free circulation in the other Member States (Only the English text is authentic)

Published date27 August 1980
Subject Matterlibera pratica,misure di salvaguardia,Politica commerciale,libre pratique,mesures de sauvegarde,Politique commerciale
Official Gazette PublicationGazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee, L 224, 27 agosto 1980,Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 224, 27 août 1980
EUR-Lex - 31980D0776 - EN

80/776/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 July 1980 authorizing the United Kingdom to take intra-Community surveillance measures in respect of imports of bananas originating in certain non-member countries and put into free circulation in the other Member States (Only the English text is authentic)

Official Journal L 224 , 27/08/1980 P. 0015 - 0016


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( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 29 JULY 1980

AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TAKE INTRA-COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE MEASURES IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF BANANAS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES AND PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/776/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 30 ET SEQ . OF THE TREATY , WHICH CONCERN THE ELIMINATION OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND ALL MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT , APPLY WITHOUT DISTINCTION TO PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR ORIGIN ;

WHEREAS UNDER THESE PROVISIONS THE REQUIREMENT , BE IT PURELY FORMAL , IN INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE OF AN IMPORT LICENCE OR ANY SIMILAR PROCEDURE IS PROHIBITED ;

WHEREAS , IN ADDITION , ARTICLE 9 ( 2 ) OF THE TREATY PRECLUDES ANY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH DIFFERENT RULES FOR THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS ACCORDING TO WHETHER THEY ORIGINATE IN THE COMMUNITY OR ORIGINATED IN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES AND HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ONE OF THE MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE FULL APPLICATION OF THESE PRINCIPLES PRESUPPOSES THE EFFECTIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY ; WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A POLICY IS NOT YET COMPLETE AS REGARDS THE MEASURES RELATING TO LIBERALIZATION OR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS THE FACT THAT THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY HAS NOT YET BEEN FULLY ESTABLISHED MEANS THAT THERE WILL STILL BE DISPARITIES AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , COMMERCIAL POLICIES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE BOTH DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY ENABLES DIFFICULTIES OF THIS TYPE TO BE PREVENTED ;

WHEREAS THERE ARE STILL...

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