18.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL355/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3631/90
of17December 1990
fixingthequotasfor1991applyingtoimportsintoSpainofmilkandmilk
productsfromthirdcountries
onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature andonthe
CommonCustomsTariffand(EEC)No2915/79determi­
ningthegroupsofproductsandthespecialprovisionsfor
calculatingleviesonmilkandmilkproducts0amended
certainCNcodesandasaresulttheseamendments
shouldbeincorporatedinthisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thequotasfor1991forproductsspecifiedinAnnex
ItoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86importedinto
Spainfromthirdcountriesshallbeasfollows:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86of
25February1986layingdownrulesfortheapplicationof
quantitativeresrictionsonimportsintoSpainofcertain
agriculturalproductsfromthirdcountries('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3296/88(2),andin
particularArticle3(1)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle77oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,Spainmay,until31December
1995,applyquantitativerestrictionsonimportsfrom
thirdcountries;whereasthesubjecttothesupplementary
trademechanisminthecaseofmilkandmilkproducts;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No609/86(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No222/88(4),fixedthe
initialquotasbyvolumeforeachproductorgroupof
milkproducts;whereas,inaccordancewiththesecond
andthirdsubparagraphs ofArticle1(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No491/86,isfixedtheminimumannualrateof
increaseinthequotatakingintoaccounteitherthe
patternsoftradeforsomethirdcountriesorthestateof
bilateralnegotiationswithotherthirdcountries.Whereas,
inviewofthecurrentsituation,theimportquantitiesfor
somethirdcountriesshouldnotbeadjustedinaccor­
dancewiththerulesapplicabletoimportsintoSpain
fromtheCommunityasconstitutedat31December
1985;
Whereas,toensurepropermanagementofthequota,the
applicationsforimportlicencesshouldbesubjecttothe
lodgingofasecurityinaccordancewithCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2220/85ofJuly1985layingdown
commondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystem
ofsecuritiesforagriculturalproducts(*);asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3745/89(6);
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforSpaintocommu­
nicateinformationtotheCommissionontheapplication
ofthequota;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3116/90of15
October1990amendingRegulations (EEC)No2658/87—CNcodes0401,04031022,04031023,04031024,
04039011,04039013,04039019,04039031,
04039033,04039039,aswellas04039051
04039053,04039059,otherthanconcentrates ,
04041091and040490:435tonnes,
—CNcode0405:180tonnes.
2.Thequotasfor1991forproductsspecifiedinAnnex
IItoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86fallingwithin
CNcodesex0406withtheexception,asregardsimports
fromSwitzerlandofEmmentalerfallingwithinCNcode
04069013,GruyerefallingwithinCNcodeex
04069015arefixedat3918tonnes.
Article2
1.TheSpanishauthoritiesshallissueimportauthoriza­
tionssoastoensureafairallocationoftheavailable
quantitybetweenapplicants.
2.Applications forimportauthorizations shallbe
subjecttothelodgingofasecurity.Theprovisionsof
Regulation(EEC)No2220/85shallapplyinrespectof
thesaidsecurity.
Theprimaryrequirement ,withinthemeaningofArticle
20ofthesaidRegulation,shallconsistintheeffective
importationoftheproducts.(')OJNoL54,1.3.1986,p.25.
0OJNoL293,27.10.1988,p.7.
(3)OJNoL58,1.3.1986,p.33.0OJNoL28,1.2.1988,p.1.0OJNoL205,3.8.1985,p.5.
(4OJNoL364,14.12.1989,p.54. 0OJNoL303,31.10.1990,p.1.

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Article3
1.TheSpanishauthoritiesshallcommunicate tothe
Commissionthemeasureswhichtheyadoptfortheappli­
cationofArticle2.
2.Theyshall,foreachoftheproductsconcerned,
transmit,notlaterthanthe15thofeachmonth,thefollo­
winginformationonimportauthorizations issuedinthe
precedingmonth:—thequantitiescoveredbytheimportauthorizations
issued,
—thequantitiesimported.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission