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( 1 ) OJ NO L 377 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 15 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 377 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 21 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 377 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 25 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 986/79

OF 14 MAY 1979

SUSPENDING THE APPLICATION OF THE INDICATIVE CEILINGS ESTABLISHED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3175/78 , ( EEC ) NO 3176/78 AND ( EEC ) NO 3177/78 FOR THE IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN NORWAY , PORTUGAL AND SWEDEN

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED TO THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY , THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN , THE COMMUNITY HAS , BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3175/78 ( 1 ), ( EEC ) NO 3176/78 ( 2 ) AND ( EEC ) NO 3177/78 ( 3 ) ESTABLISHED THE INDICATIVE CEILINGS APPLICABLE IN 1979 TO IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THESE COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS PROVISION IS MADE UNDER THE SAID PROTOCOLS THAT IF , FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE YEARS , IMPORTS OF A PRODUCT SUBJECT TO A CEILING ARE LESS THAN 90 % OF THE AMOUNT FIXED , THE COMMUNITY SHALL SUSPEND THE APPLICATION OF THIS CEILING ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITIES ' STATISTICAL SUMMARIES FOR 1977 AND 1978 SHOW THAT IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CEILINGS DID NOT , DURING THOSE YEARS , REACH 90 % OF THE CEILING INDICATED ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE COMMUNITY SHOULD SUSPEND APPLICATION OF THESE CEILINGS VALID FOR IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FOR 1979 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IT IS DESIRABLE TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE IMPORTS BY STATISTICAL SUPERVISION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE APPLICATION OF THE INDICATIVE CEILING ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3175/78 SHALL BE SUSPENDED DURING 1979 FOR THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS INDICATED UNDER ORDER NO I N 2 OF ANNEX I TO THE SAID REGULATION .

THESE IMPORTS SHALL REMAIN UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .

ARTICLE 2

THE APPLICATION OF THE INDICATIVE CEILING , ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3176/78 SHALL BE SUSPENDED DURING 1979 FOR THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS INDICATED UNDER ORDER NO I P 3 OF ANNEX I TO THE SAID REGULATION .

THESE IMPORTS SHALL REMAIN UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .

ARTICLE 3

THE APPLICATION OF THE INDICATIVE CEILING ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3177/78 SHALL BE SUSPENDED DURING 1979 FOR THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS INDICATED UNDER ORDER NO I S 19 OF ANNEX I TO THE SAID REGULATION .

THESE IMPORTS SHALL REMAIN UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING 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 , 14 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

R . MONORY