20.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL357/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3695/90
of19December 1990
fixingthetargetceilingforimportsofoliveoilintoPortugalfortheperiod
26Novemberto31December 1990
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthatmechanism
shouldbelaiddownfortheperiod26Novemberto31
December1990,thebettertoorganizeimportsintothat
country;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThetargetceilingforimportsintoPortugalofoliveoil
fallingwithinCNcodes1509and151000fromtheother
MemberStatesisherebyfixedat3000tonnesforthe
period26Novemberto31December1990.
IfapplicationsforSTMlicencesrelatetoquantities
exceedingthatindicatedabove,theCommissionshall
authorizetheMemberStatesconcernedtoissuelicences
inproportiontothequantityavailable.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle251thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No569/86of
25February1986layingdowngeneralrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesupplementary mechanismapplicableto
trade('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3296/88(2),andinparticularArticle7(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle249oftheActofAccessionprovidesthat
thesupplementary trademechanism(STM)istoapplyto
oliveoil;whereasArticle251ofthatActprovidesthata
forwardestimateistobedrawnup,asageneralruleatthe
startofeachmarketingyear,ofproductionandconsump­
tionofoliveoilinPortugal;whereasthetargetceiling
fixedisbasedontheestimatethusdrawnup;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/90(3)
removedoliveoilfromthelistofproductssubjecttothe
STMinPortugal;whereasthetargetceilingforimports
duringDecember 1990shouldthereforebefixed;
Whereas,withaviewtoensuringminimumsupplytothe
greatestnumberofoperatorstosatisfytheirimmediate
requirements ,itshouldbeprovidedthateachoperator
maysubmittendersinrespectofaminimumquantity
only;whereas,withaviewtopreventingthisprovision
frombeingcircumventedinanywayandconsequentlyto
preventingasmallnumberofoperatorsfrommonopol­
izingthequantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbeprovided
thatonlyrecognizedoperatorsmaybeallocatedquantities
tobeexported;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No574/86(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3296/88,laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesupplementary
mechanismapplicabletotradeforallagriculturalsectors;
whereascertaindetailedrulesapplyingspecificallytothe
oilsandfatssectorwerelaiddownbyRegulation(EEC)
No1634/86(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2439/89(6);whereas,inviewofthecurrentsituationon
themarketforoliveoilinPortugal,certainspecialArticle2
ApplicationsforSTMlicencesshallbeadmissibleonlyif
theyaresubmittedbyanaturalorlegalpersoncon­
ductinganactivityintheoliveoilsectorandenteredby
virtueofsuchactivityat31October1990inapublic
registryofaMemberState.
Inaddition,tenderersmaysubmitapplicationsinrespect
ofamaximumof500tonnesonly.
Licencesshallnotbevalidafter31December1990.
Notwithstanding Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
574/86,rightsarisingfromanSTMlicenceshallnotbe
transferableduringthetermofvalidityofthatlicence.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL55,1.3.1986,p.106.
(2)OJNoL293,27.10.1988,p.7.
(3)OJNoL338,5.12.1990,p.7.0OJNoL57,1.3.1986,p.1.
Is)OJNoL144,29.5.1986,p.20.
(6)OJNoL231,9.8.1989,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission