
Article 1 
In assessing whether the Community market in one ore more of the products mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 is, by reason of imports or exports, experiencing or threatened with serious distrubances within the meaning of Article 23 of the aformentioned Regulation, account shall be taken in particular of:

((a)) the volume of actual or foreseeable imports or exports;
((b)) the volume of Community production and the marketing of Community bananas;
((c)) product availability on the Community market;
((d)) the prices recorded for the domestic products on the Community market, or the foreseeable trend in such prices, and especially any excessive rises or falls compared with prices in recent years;
((e)) the prices recorded on the Community market for products originating in third countries, and especially any excessive fall.
Article 2 

1. The measures which may be taken pursuant to Article 23 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall include:
— the suspension of imports or exports,
— the total or partial suspension of the issuing of import or export licences,
— the introduction of import and export licences,
— the introduction of a minimum import price for products not subject to an import tariff quota,
— the introduction of an export levy.
2. The measures taken pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 may be restricted to certain products.Other measures having comparable or less restrictive effects than the measures listed in paragraph 1 may be adopted, if the Community market justifies doing so.The measures adopted shall be applied for as long as and insofar as they are strictly necessary.
3. The measures taken shall take account of the special position of goods already on their way to the Community.
Article 3 
The protective measures shall be applied in compliance with any obligations arising under international agreements binding on the Community.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 June 1993.
For the Commission
René STEICHEN
Member of the Commission