No L 292/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 11. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2754/94 of 11 November 1994 on the monitoring system of deliveries to Norway of certain agricultural products from other Member States (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 (1) thereof, Whereas the Norwegian markets for meat products, flour, compound feedingstuffs, processed carrots and peas and dairy products, other than butter, skimmed-milk powder and soft cheeses, are protected and almost completely closed to imports ; whereas account must be taken of the particular restructuring problems of these sectors in Norway ; Whereas, in order to prevent market disturbances liable to aggravate such problems, Declaration No 14 annexed to the Act of Accession provides for the application for three years of a monitoring system and indicative ceilings; whereas additional guidelines agreed by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries provide that detailed rules for the said system must be prepared during the interim period ; Whereas preventive application of the system in order to detect in good time any risk of disturbance to the Nor- wegian market due to consignments of the products concerned from other Member States is the sole way of ensuring a smooth transition from the system applied to such products in Norway prior to accession to the system based on the common organization of markets ; whereas it is only in the context of stable market monitoring arrangements that it will be possible to avert disturbances liable to jeopardize the restructuring of the sectors concerned in Norway ; Whereas Norway has asked for such a system to be set up; Whereas a system based on the issue of import certificates by the Norwegian authorities, coupled with the obligation for the said authorities to make a detailed analysis of the market situation as soon as an indicative ceiling is reached, should ensure appropriate monitoring ; whereas, in particular, such a system should permit the detection in good time of any situation warranting, where necessary, the application of the protective measures provided for in Article 147 of the Act of Accession; Whereas application of the said system requires adminis- trative and monitoring measures and the application of penalties for which the principal responsibility must lie with the Norwegian authorities ; whereas, in the frame- work of the monitoring measures to be applied after the achievement of the single market, the Norwegian authori- ties should be in the position to identify the persons responsible for first marketing following physical impor- tation as well as any other holder of the products in ques- tion ; Whereas the other Member States should afford the Norwegian authorities the necessary collaboration if, in the event of irregularities, the responsibility of under- takings established in their territory is in question; Whereas the measures adopted by the Norwegian authori- ties should be notified to the Commission ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation establishes, for a period of three years, a system of monitoring of deliveries to Norway of the products listed in the Annex from other Member States in order to detect in good time any risk of disturbance to the Norwegian market liable to jeopardize the necessary restructuring of the sectors of those products. Article 2 For each product or group of products listed in the Annex an indicative ceiling for deliveries from Member States : (a) is, for the years 1995 and 1996, fixed in the said Annex; : (b) will be fixed for the 1997 year: — in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (") or, depending on the case, in the corresponding Article in other Regulations setting up common market organizations, — on the basis of a forecast concerning production and consumption in Norway as well as the devel- opment of trade in that country, () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 2L.